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RYLAND  W.  PHILLIPS  . PHILADELPHIA,  PA. 
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JOSEPH  KNAFFI 

. . KNOXVILLE,  TENN. 

DUDLEY  HOYT 

NEW  YORK  CITY 

E.  H.  WESTON 

TROPICO,  CAL. 

B.  FRANK  MOORE 

...CLEVELAND,  OHIO 

H.  C.  MANN 

NORFOLK,  VA. 

FOSTER  STUDIO ARCADE,  BALTIMORE,  MD. 


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RICHMOND,  VA. 

J.  W.  PORTER 

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HUBERT  BROTHERS 

CLIFFORD  NORTON 

BUFFALO,  N.  Y. 

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MINUTES 

Photographers’  Association  of  America 

1914 


Photographers’  Association  of  America 


MINUTES 

OF  THE 

PROCEEDINGS 


34™  ANNUAL  CONVENTION 

JUNE  15-16-17-18-19-20,  1914 
ATLANTA,  GA. 


Manly  W.  Tyree  President 

Raleigh,  North  Carolina 

W.  H.  Towles  First  Vice-President 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Homer  T.  Harden  Second  Vice-President 
Wichita,  Kansas 

L.  A.  Dozer  Treasurer 

Bucyrcs,  Ohio 

John  I.  Hoffman  Secretary 

Washington,  D.  C. 


Copyright  1914 

BY  THE 

Photographers’  Association  of  America 


The  Minutes  of  the 
Proceedings 

Published  under  the  supervision  of 
FRANK  V.  CHAMBERS 

Made  at  the  Private  Printery 
of  the 

Bulletin  of  Photography 

PHILADELPHIA 


Proceedings  of  the  Thirty- Fourth  Annual 
Convention  of  the  Photographers’ 
Association  of  America 

Held  at  Atlanta,  Georgia,  Week  of  June  15th,  1914 


Opening  Session,  Monday,  June  15,  1914,  2 P.  M. 

By  President  Tyree:  I will  now  call  the  Thirty-fourth  Annual  Con- 
vention to  order,  and  will  ask  you  to  arise  while  H.  A.  Earp  will  invoke 
God’s  blessing  on  this  meeting. 

By  Mr.  Earp:  Oh,  Lord,  our  Father,  our  God,  whom  we  magnate 
and  adore,  we  ask  thy  blessing  in  thy  holy  name,  because  of  the  loving  kind- 
ness and  tender  mercies  of  our  dear  Father.  Our  dear  Heavenly  Father, 
we  would  ask  thy  blessing.  We  ask  that  thou  be  with  us  in  our  delibera- 
tions and  in  everything  we  do.  We  ask  now,  our  dear  Heavenly  Father, 
that  thou  bless  each  and  every  one  of  us,  and  guide  us,  and  lead  us,  and 
direct  us,  and  finalty  save  us  in  Heaven,  for  Christ’s  sake.  Amen. 

By  President  Tyree:  I will  ask  Mr.  Goodhart,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  to 
introduce  the  man  who  is  at  the  head  of  the  affairs  in  Georgia — the  Gov- 
ernor. 

By  Mr.  Goodhart:  Mr.  President , Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  Last  Fri- 
day, when  Manly  Tyree  arrived  here,  the  first  thing  he  asked  me  was,  “Did 
you  get  the  Governor?”  I told  him  that  I had  not  been  able  to  get  in  touch 
with  the  Governor  as  yet,  but  not  to  worry  about  that,  as  the  people  of 
Georgia  had  the  best  Governor  in  the  world,  and  I knew  that  all  that  was 
necessary  for  me  to  do  was  to  go  there  the  day  before  the  convention  opened 
and  ask  him,  and  if  he  was  not  going  to  be  out  of  town  he  would  come  and 
give  us  an  address  of  welcome.  Therefore,  when  I went  up  there  on  Satur- 
day and  found  there  was  a big  crowd  in  his  ante-room,  I stated  what  I de- 
sired to  his  secretary,  and  was  immediately  ushered  in ; when  I told  him 
what  I wanted  he  instantly  came  back  and  said  it  would  be  the  pleasure  of 
his  life. 

We  do  not  call  him  the  Governor — but  Jack — Jack  Slaton.  So  that 
will  give  you  an  idea  of  how  good  a fellow  he  is.  Therefore,  I take  great 
pleasure  and  great  honor  in  introducing  to  you  the  Hon.  John  M.  Slaton, 
the  Governor  of  the  State  of  Georgia.  (Applause.) 


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ADDRESS  OF  WELCOME. 

Governor  John  M.  Slaton,  of  Georgia: 

Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  I might  have  declined  to  wel- 
come any  other  body,  except  the  photographers,  but  that  I am  so  much  in 
their  debt.  I have  been  all  over  Georgia  recently,  and  there  has  hardly 
been  a town  that  I have  gone  to  that  some  one,  who  was  more  truthful  than 
complimentary,  would  say  to  me,  “You  are  not  half  as  good  looking  as  your 
picture.”  So  you  see  that  I am  indebted  to  the  photographer’s  art  for 
representing  me  as  a handsome  man,  and  necessarily  I feel  kindly  toward 
the  photographers. 

The  truth  of  the  matter  is,  I think  if  I had  had  merely  a photograph 
I might  have  gotten  my  wife  a good  deal  earlier.  As  it  was,  I had  to  plead 
in  person.  And  that  reminds  me  very  much  of  what  happened  the  first  day 
of  a legislative  session  in  Georgia  a few  years  ago.  The  Western  Union 
Telegraph  Company  had  a large  number  of  messages  coming  to  the  various 
members  of  the  Legislature,  and  they  had  all  kinds  of  trouble  in  getting  the 
members  located  in  the  evenings.  So  the  Western  Union  Telegraph  Com- 
pany sent  word  that  they  would  like  to  know  the  night  address  of  our 
members.  And  one  fellow  from  the  rural  district  said,  “There  now,  Slaton,” 
he  says,  “these  corporations  have  been  taking  all  our  rights,  and  now  they 
are  interfering  with  our  private  affairs.” 

You  know  we  cannot  do  anything  now  without  having  it  told  on  us, 
and  in  such  a way  that  the  evidence  is  indisputable.  You  have  the  dicta- 
graph that  takes  down  what  we  say ; then  you  have  the  photograph  that 
takes  the  picture  of  what  we  are  doing,  and  so  we  cannot  have  much  free- 
dom of  action.  You  cannot  dispute  what  your  apparatus  tells. 

But  then,  I welcome  you.  I welcome  you  as  the  students  of  science 
and  of  art.  As  I sat  next  the  Honorable  Mayor  of  Atlanta,  I thought,  as 
I looked  out  at  you,  that  there  is  not  one  person  here  who  has  not  taken  a 
photograph  of  some  dimpled  young  girl,  who  was  having  it  taken  to  send 
as  a present  to  her  sweetheart,  and  the  photograph  made  her  look  her  best. 
And  there  is  not  one  here  who  has  not  taken  the  photograph  of  some 
young  man,  who  loved  some  girl,  somewhere,  more  than  all  the  world  to- 
gether; and  the  photograph  represented,  to  the  best  of  the  photographer’s 
ability,  that  this  young  man  possessed  all  the  charms  ever  given  to  man- 
hood. Now  that,  to  me,  is  lovable. 

In  going  to  the  homes  of  this  State,  I see  upon  the  walls  photographs. 
The  head  of  the  household  will  say,  “This  is  the  picture  of  my  old  mother,” 
in  whose  countenance  all  the  lines  of  sweetness  and  loveliness  were  shown 
to  the  best  advantage.  “This  is  a picture  of  a wife  or  a child.”  And  it  is 
your  art,  your  business,  which  shows  off  all  the  features  which  are  so  dear 
to  the  observer. 


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In  science,  when  a man  falls  and  breaks  a bone,  you  take  a photograph. 
It  is  the  photograph  which  shows  the  physician  just  where  the  bone  is 
broken  so  he  may  properly  treat  it.  The  astronomer,  when  he  wishes  to  tell 
the  distance  of  the  stars,  appeals  to  the  photographei*. 

I once  read,  when  a painting  was  to  be  made  of  Oliver  Cromwell,  the 
painter  wanted  to  know  how  to  represent  him.  He  wanted  to  know  whether 
to  leave  in  the  lines  on  his  face.  The  old  man  said,  “Paint  me  as  I am  and 
leave  in  the  lines  that  are  there,  which  I got  serving  the  country  I love.” 
There  would  have  been  no  necessity  of  saying  that  if  there  had  been  photo- 
graphs in  those  days,  because  the  camera  would  have  been  accurate  and 
truthful. 

In  fact,  speaking  of  genuineness,  if  we  could  have  had  your  art  at 
the  time  when  Marie  Antoinette  lived  we  could  have  preserved  her  likeness 
as  she  was  then,  and  we  would  never  have  lost  her  beauty. 

You  are  of  service  to  the  State  because  of  your  contribution  to  senti- 
ment, because  of  your  service  to  science,  because  of  the  accuracy  of  your 
art ; and  I welcome  you  to  the  State  of  Georgia  on  behalf  of  and  repre- 
senting three  million  people,  each  of  whom  welcomes  the  stranger  within  its 
gates.  I welcome  all  of  you  and  trust  you  will  feel  at  home.  (Applause.) 

By  President  Tyree:  We  certainly  appreciate  the  hearty  welcome 
the  Governor  has  given  us,  and  I asked  him  if  he  would  not  stay  with  us 
for  the  meeting,  but  he  states  that  he  is  to  leave  town  this  afternoon,  and 
we  wrere  very  fortunate,  indeed,  to  get  him  to  give  us  this  splendid  talk.  So 
I am  going  to  excuse  him  now.  Mr.  Harris,  will  you  escort  the  Governor 
to  the  door.  (Applause.) 

By  President  Tyree:  I want  to  ask  Thurston  Hatcher,  of 
Atlanta,  to  introduce  to  you  the  man  who  is  going  to  give  us  the  keys  of  the 
city,  so  that  we  will  not  get  into  too  much  trouble — the  Mayor. 

By  Thurston  Hatcher:  Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 
As  chairman  of  the  Local  Entertainment  Committee,  I wish  to  add  my  word 
of  welcome  to  you ; and  I want  to  say  that  we  are  going  to  do  our  best  to 
make  you  have  a good  time,  and  I think  that  we  will  be  perfectly  able  to  do 
that;  and  when  the  week  is  over  we  all  hope  that  you  will  be  able  to  go  home 
and  be  Atlanta  boosters.  We  call  this  building  the  Auditorium  or  Conven- 
tion Hall,  but  I think  the  real  name  of  it  is  the  Atlanta  Booster  Training 
School.  That  is  what  we  had  made  it  this  year;  and  we  have  already 
turned  out  about  one  hundred  thousand  boosters. 

I wish  to  introduce  to  you  Mayor  .Tames  G.  Woodward,  who  will  tell 
you  what  the  city  will  do  for  you,  and  what  a good  time  you  will  have. 
(Applause.) 


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GLAD  HAND  OF  ATLANTA. 

By  Mayor  James  G.  Woodward,  of  Atlanta: 

Mr.  President , Delegates  to  the  Photographers’  Association  of  America, 
Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  It  is  a great  pleasure  for  me  to  say  that  Atlanta 
extends  to  you  a most  hearty  welcome.  When  I say  that,  it  is  not  mere 
empty  words.  Atlanta  is  known  as  the  convention  city  of  the  South,  and 
she  brags  upon  the  fact  that  there  is  none  too  large  for  her  to  entertain, 
and  we  want  you  to  feel  that  while  you  are  in  the  city,  if  you  don’t  run 
across  members  of  your  own  organization  who  know,  you  are  at  perfect 
liberty  to  call  upon  any  citizen  for  any  information  that  you  may  wish. 

You  represent  an  organization,  or  profession  rather,  that  possibly  has 
made  more  rapid  strides  in  the  last  fifty  years  than  any  I know.  I call  to 
mind  the  old  Daguerreotype,  and  the  many  developments  in  the  art  up  to 
the  present  time.  You  represent  a profession  that  deals  with  all  classes  of 
our  people;  and  there  is  none  too  rich  or  mighty,  and  none  too  humble  (who 
has  the  price)  but  what  will  have  his  picture  taken. 

In  your  visit  to  this  city,  you  come  to  a city  that  has  been  built,  practi- 
cally within  the  last  forty  years,  and  the  main  portion  of  it  within  the  last 
fifteen  years.  You  have  selected  a city  for  your  meeting  this  year  that  rep- 
resents more  skyscraper  buildings,  fireproof  steel  structures,  than  any  city 
of  its  size  possibly  on  this  continent — and  nearly  every  one  of  them  has 
been  built  within  the  last  fourteen  or  fifteen  years.  In  other  words,  you  are 
visiting  a city  that  is  new,  modern  and  up-to-date.  You  are  visiting  a city 
that  has  recently  sent  one  of  the  largest  conventions  of  any  kind,  anywhere, 
away  from  here  with  the  loudest  praise  for  Atlanta.  Possibly  some  of  you 
were  in  that  delegation.  I have  reference  to  the  Shriners.  It  is  recog- 
nized that  any  city  that  can  take  care  of  the  Shriners  can  take  care  of  any 
convention  that  wishes  to  meet. 

We  want  you  to  feel  at  home  while  you  are  here.  It  is  of  no  use  for  me 
to  go  through  the  formality  of  extending  the  keys  of  this  city  to  you,  for 
they  are  yours ; not  only  officially,  but  we  want  you  to  feel  that  it  is  also  to 
the  homes  of  the  people  of  this  city — that  you  are  welcome  in  reality.  There 
is  no  empty  formality,  but  a glad  feeling  that  the  people  of  Atlanta  entertain 
for  the  stranger  that  comes  within  her  gates.  We  are  glad  to  have  you 
with  us. 

May  your  convention,  through  its  deliberations  with  the  business  for 
which  you  have  come  together,  prove  creditable,  may  you  return  to  your 
families  and  your  loved  ones  in  health. 

Allow  me  again,  and  in  conclusion  to  say,  that  the  gates  and  keys  of 
Atlanta  are  open  to  you;  and  if  jmu  do  not  see  what  you  want,  ask  for  it. 
( Applause.) 

By  President  Tyree:  I will  ask  Ben  Larrimer,  of  Marion,  Ind., 
to  respond  to  the  glad  welcome  extended  to  us  by  the  Governor  of  Georgia 
and  the  Mayor  of  Atlanta. 


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By  E.  H.  WESTON 
Tropico,  Cal. 


RESPONSE. 

By  Past  President  Ben  Larrimer: 

Mr.  President,  and  Your  Honor,  and  my  Friends:  A very  few  days  ago 
I received  a characteristic  letter  from  our  President,  saying:  “Dear  Ben:  I 
have  asked  you  to  respond  to  the  address  of  welcome  to  be  given  by  the 
Governor  of  Georgia  and  the  Mayor  of  Atlanta,  and  I want  you  to  do  your 
durndest.” 

Tyree,  of  course,  knew  that  I could  not  make  a speech,  and  I believe  I 
am  bright  enough  not  to  try.  I am  going  to  talk  but  a minute. 

I see  a gentleman  out  in  the  middle — Mr.  Houser — whose  persuasive 
language  brought  the  convention  to  Atlanta.  This  is  the  only  time  it  has 
ever  been  south  of  the  Ohio  River.  There  seems  to  be  a prejudice  against 
going  South,  largely  on  account  of  the  hot  trip  and  the  hot  weather;  and  I 
will  assure  you  that  Mr.  Houser  and  Mr.  Hicks  made  us  believe  in  Kansas 
City  that  Atlanta  was  perhaps  the  coolest  spot  in  the  Western  Hemisphere. 

Now1,  Mr.  Honorable  Mayor,  I want  to  assure  you,  while  this  body  does 
not  compare  in  size  to  the  Shriners,  yet  we  are  earnest ; we  are  here  to  help 
ourselves  and  to  help  others.  We  are  going  to  try  to  behave  ourselves. 

We  like  the  city — at  least  I do.  As  I stepped  out  on  Peachtree  Street 
I saw  the  beautiful  peaches  in  adornment.  (Laughter.)  I,  as  well  as  the 
rest  of  us,  can  feel  a deep  sympathy  for  the  blind. 

The  State  of  Georgia,  the  State  that  produced — I believe  this  city  was 
the  home  of  one  of  the  most  humane  writers  in  American  history — I refer  to 
Joel  Chandler  Harris.  And  another  man,  perhaps  more  widely  known  at 
present ; any  State  that  produces  a man  like  Ty  Cobb  is  “some”  State. 
The  President  agrees  with  me,  because  he  saw  him  knock  a home  run  in  Phil- 
adelphia three  weeks  ago. 

Now,  my  dear  friends,  we  are  here  for  business,  and  I would  like  to  say 
just  a word  about  the  innovations  to  be  tried  during  this  meeting.  We  now 
have  a Secretary  whose  business  it  is  to  devote  his  entire  time  to  attempting 
to  boost  this  Association.  I may  not  have  another  opportunity  to  say  this, 
but  the  members  in  this  territory  who  have  joined  the  Association  since  it 
has  come  to  your  doors,  owe  it  to  yourselves  and  to  your  profession,  and  to 
the  good  of  the  Association  to  keep  your  membership  up.  That  is  the  busi- 
ness part  of  this.  (Applause.)  Some  time  we  may  come  back;  as  far  as 
I am  concerned,  I hope  so.  I would  like  to  give  my  friend  Houser  a chance 
to  prove  that  he  is  not  a liar  about  this  weather. 

Nowt  I really  don’t  know  what  the  balance  of  this  program  is;  I be- 
lieve that  I have  carried  out,  to  the  best  of  my  ability,  the  instructions  of  the 
President  and  “did  my  durndest.”  And  I thank  you  for  your  attention. 

By  President  Tyree:  Well,  Ben  can  make  a very  good  speech  if  he 
wrants  to,  and  I believe  I had  the  goods  to  make  him  do  it. 


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I would  like  to  have  the  reading  of  the  communications. 

By  Secretary  Hoffman:  (Applause.)  Mr.  President : I know  we  are 
going  to  have  a great  convention  here  because  there  is  a spirit  in  the  air  that 
is  going  to  make  it  a grand  convention. 

We  have  here  a great  many  communications  that  came  in,  and  the  Pres- 
ident has  asked  me  to  read  two  or  three  of  them  that  we  want  every  one  to 
know  about.  Mr.  Townsend,  who  was  President  of  the  Association  last 
year,  finds  it  impossible  to  come  and  sends  this  communication: 

“Des  Moines,  Iowa,  June  13,  1914 
“Mr.  Manly  W.  Tyree, 

“Atlanta,  Georgia. 

“My  Dear  Manly:  Owing  to  physical  condition  can’t  attend; 
but  my  heart  is  with  you  all,  and  I trust  you  will  have  another 
rattling  good  convention.  Here’s  wishing  you  success  in  every 
way. 

“C’has.  F.  Townsend,  P.  P.” 


Here  is  one  from  H.  O.  Bodine,  who  has  been  attending  the  convention 
for  years : 


“New  York,  June  15,  1914. 


“Mr.  Manly  W.  Tyree,  President, 

“Photographers’  Association  of  America, 

“Hotel  Ansley,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

“I  would  appreciate  it  if  you  would  convey  my  best  wishes  to 
my  friends  among  the  officers  and  members  of  the  Association  and 
express  to  them  my  regret  for  being  unable  to  be  with  them  during 
the  convention,  which  I trust  will  be  the  largest,  the  best  and  the 
most  enthusiastic  of  any  in  the  history  of  the  Association.  I shall 
try  to  be  with  you  next  year  wherever  you  meet. 

“H.  O.  Bodine.” 


By  President  Tyree  : In  the  past  I believe  the  correct  form  was  for 
the  President  to  make  you  an  annual  address.  I am  going  to  fool  you.  I 
am  going  to  have  what  I have  to  say  in  our  Association  Record,  which  comes 
out  thirty  days  after  the  convention,  and  which  you  will  receive.  That  will 
save  you  from  sitting  in  this  hot  room  listening  to  me  talk.  It  will  save  me 
the  feeling  of  looking  into  your  faces  and  knowing  you  are  thinking,  “I 
wish  to  Heaven  he  would  stop.”  It  will  save  your  time,  because  if  you 
don’t  want  to  read  what  I have  to  say  in  the  Association  Record  you  can 
forget  it,  and  I will  never  know  anything  about  it. 

I want  to  say  this:  That  I am  in  a very  peculiar  position  to-day;  that 
of  being  the  only  Southern  boy  to  occupy  the  chair  of  P.  A.  of  A.,  and  it  so 
happened  to  be  my  good  fortune,  when  I was  selected,  that  the  convention, 
for  the  first  time  in  thirty-four  years,  after  continued  hard  work  on  the 


Par/e  ten 


part  of  many  Southern  delegates,  is  meeting  in  the  heart  of  the  Southland, 
and  you  can  imagine  how  good  I feel  that  this  honor  has  been  conferred  on 
me  as  a Southern  boy. 

For  just  a moment  I want  to  call  your  attention  to  the  program.  We 
have  tried  very  hard  to  get  a program  that  will  give  you  something  to  take 
home  with  you,  something  that  you  can  apply  to  your  every-day  business, 
something  that  means  improvement  in  yourself,  and  work  which  means  dol- 
lars in  your  pockets.  The  men  who  will  give  you  these  instructions  are  men 
who  are  able  to  impart  this  knowledge  to  you.  We  have  with  us  Dudley 
Hoyt,  of  New  York,  and  Howard  D.  Beach,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y. ; Emine  Ger- 
hard, of  St.  Louis,  and  W.  O.  Breckon,  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  who  will  con- 
duct demonstrations  on  negative  making.  They  will  do  everything  they  can 
to  make  these  demonstrations  so  clear  and  plain  that  you  can  understand 
their  methods  of  working. 

And  Fred  G.  Quimby,  the  painter  for  Sprague-Hathaway  Company,  is 
with  us.  You  know  him  by  reputation,  as  pictures  painted  by  him  have  been 
hung  in  the  best  galleries  throughout  the  country.  He  is  one  of  those  men 
who  are  able  to  take  your  photograph  and  perfect  it  with  the  proper  color- 
ing and  touches,  and  make  it  of  increased  value.  You  want  to  see  that  by 
all  means. 

Ask  any  questions  you  wish,  about  anything  you  want  to  knowr,  of  any 
of  the  demonstrators.  The  idea  of  this  whole  program  is  to  give  you  some- 
thing that  you  can  take  home  with  you. 

Miss  Kate  Cameron  Simmons  is  to  give  you  three  lessons.  Her  first 
will  be:  Lessons  in  art  principles;  photography  as  a fine  art;  line,  and  dark 
and  light  arrangement.  Her  second  lesson  will  be:  Principles  of  composi- 
tion applied  to  dark  and  light  photography ; unity  through  subordination ; 
balance,  rhythm.  Her  third  lesson  will  be:  Principles  of  composition  ap- 
plied to  line  in  photography,  the  photographer  as  a creative  artist;  self- 
expression. 

C.  H.  Claudy,  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  will  tell  you  something  newr  about 
photographs  for  publication.  It  will  be  a new  field  for  you  in  your  own 
town.  Mr.  Claudy  has  some  seventy  slides  of  pictures,  and  when  he  explains 
these  slides  you  will  find  you  have  a new  field  at  home. 

PRESIDENT’S  ADDRESS. 

My  Dear  Friends: 

I greet  you  and  welcome  you.  Although  the  officers  and  others  inter- 
ested have  been  preparing  for  this  convention  for  many  months,  now  that 
we  are  actually  holding  the  opening  session  on  this  beautiful  June  morning 
and  now  that  a Photographers’  National  Convention  is  being  held  in  this 
great  city  of  Atlanta,  situated  in  the  heart  of  the  Southland — it  is  very 
hard  for  me — having  watched  the  plans  of  this  convention  mature — plans 
molded  from  a widely  scattered  and  confused  mass  of  ideas  into  a more 


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systematic  business,  so  that  at  last  the  gavel  has  fallen  opening  this,  the 
Thirty-fourth  Annual  Convention  of  the  Photographers’  Association  of 
America. 

My  heart  is  pulsating  with  happiness,  and  I am  glad  to  see  so  many 
of  you  at  this  convention.  For  to  me  it  is  a testimony  that  you  had  faith 
in  the  Association,  faith  that  brought  you  to  leave  your  home  and  business 
in  order  that  you  might  mingle  with  your  fellow-craftsmen  for  a week  and 
learn  from  this  close  and  intimate  personal  contact  “who  is  who”  and  what 
is  being  done  in  the  photographic  world  of  which  you  are  a part. 

This  convention  is  yours.  The  manufacturers  and  dealers  have  not 
been  stingy  with  either  time  or  money,  and  have  arranged,  for  your  interest 
and  pleasure,  beautiful  and  magnificent  displays,  showing  you  the  results  of 
ideas  in  making  for  you  more  perfect  instruments  with  which  to  work  your 
skill.  I believe  that  I can  truthfully  say  that  I never  saw  a more  com- 
plete and  attractive  manufacturers’  exhibit,  and  I am  proud,  indeed. 

The  dominant  idea  of  the  officers  in  preparing  a program  for  this  con- 
vention was  that  it  should  be  complete  in  the  matter  of  instruction,  cover- 
ing as  nearly  as  possible  the  different  fields  of  photographic  progress — to 
give  you  something  in  the  way  of  demonstrations,  lectures,  etc.,  that  would 
be  of  real  every-day  value  to  you  after  you  get  home.  If  this  program  be 
carried  out  as  we  hope  and  expect,  I believe  that  you  will  be  satisfied,  and 
the  time  and  thought  that  it  has  taken  to  do  this  has  been  well  spent,  the 
long,  weary,  anxious  hours  of  planning  for  this  event  will  be  changed  from 
hours  of  worry  to  hours  of  pleasant  memories. 

This  convention  should  accomplish  many  good  deeds.  This  is  the 
first  time  that  the  southern  photographer  has  ever  been  given  the  oppor- 
tunity of  visiting  a National  Convention  in  a representative  body,  on  ac- 
count of  the  meetings  being  held  heretofore  in  cities  so  far  from  their  re- 
spective homes.  In  other  words,  the  South  has  long  needed  a convention 
held  within  its  borders,  so  that  all  Southerners  engaged  in  the  art  of  pho- 
tography could  meet  and  learn  the  true  meaning  of  the  get-together  spirit 
and  of  that  co-operation  which  can  only  exist  among  people  who  are  engaged 
in  the  same  pursuit  of  life.  I feel  that  when  the  week  is  over  you  will  all 
go  to  your  homes,  not  only  with  knowledge  gained,  but  with  the  more  kindly 
feeling  of  good-fellowship— a better  understanding  of  each  other. 

The  photographer  who  is  doing  business  in  the  same  town  as  you  is  in 
reality  your  best  friend  in  a business  way,  if  you  would  only  come  to  under- 
stand him  better,  for  after  you  get  acquainted  with  each  other,  by  this 
understanding  you  can  help  to  boost  prices,  also  to  stimulate  your  public 
into  wanting  photographs,  which  means  that  all  will  be  doing  better  busi- 
ness and  automatically  stop  all  cut-throat  competition  that  destroys  profit. 
Oh,  if  this  true  doctrine  would  only  sink  deep  into  our  minds,  what  a change 
for  the  better  it  would  be  for  all ! This  is  a simple  truth,  but  it  seems  a 
strange  and  true  fact  that  the  simplest  truths  are  the  hardest  for  us  to 
grasp. 


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In  creating  the  P.  A.  of  A.  the  photographers  wrought  a wonderful 
instrument  for  the  betterment  of  their  profession.  It  is  an  organization 
that  will  assist  us  in  every  way,  therefore  we  should  give  to  this  Association 
our  loyal  support — and  I do  not  mean  by  this  that  when  you  pay  your  dues 
every  year  that  you  shall  feel  that  your  duty  is  done,  but  that  you  should 
give  thought  and  time,  if  necessary,  so  that  all  can  co-operate  in  making 
the  Photographers’  Association  of  America  bigger  and  stronger,  so  that  it 
will  fulfill  to  the  last  letter  the  principles  upon  which  it  is  founded.  The 
Association  has  accomplished  much  in  the  past  and  my  hat  is  off  to  the 
faithful  workers  who  have  shielded  and  nursed  this  organization  through  its 
experimental  stages.  You  are  now  enjoying  the  fruits  of  their  labors,  the 
results  of  which  is  this  Thirty-fourth  Annual  Convention,  the  program  of 
which  is  before  you.  I hope  that  in  your  opinion  this  convention  proves 
profitable.  This  is  the  last  time,  as  President,  that  I shall  make  you  an 
opening  address.  I am  adding  my  little  mite  to  the  Photographers’  Asso- 
ciation of  America  and  I hope  that  it  will  be  one  tiny  cog,  at  least,  in  this 
great  wheel  of  progress — then  shall  I take  my  place  in  the  ranks  satisfied. 

I thank  you. 

By  President  Tyree:  I will  now  announce  the  committee  appoint- 
ments : 

On  legislation. — R.  W.  Holsinger,  Charlottesville,  Va. ; George  W. 
Harris,  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  Ben  Larrimer,  Marion,  Ind. 

Membership  and  Credentials. — Waller  Holliday,  Durham,  N.  C.,  and 
Joseph  Knaffl,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Applied  Ethics. — Ben  Larrimer,  Marion,  Ind. ; Homer  T.  Harden, 
Wichita,  Kans.,  and  Emme  Gerhard,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Progress  of  Photography. — J.  L.  C'usick,  Louisville,  Ky. ; L.  G.  Stude- 
baker,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  and  C.  W.  Cole,  Danville,  Va. 

Foreign  Affairs. — Pirie  MacDonald,  New  York  City;  Eduard  Blum, 
Chicago,  111.,  and  D.  P.  Thompson,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Nominating  Committee. — Ben  Larrimer,  Marion,  Ind.;  George  W. 
Harris,  Washington,  D.  C. ; W.  S.  Lively,  McMinnville,  Tenn.;  Waller  Hol- 
liday, Durham,  N.  C.,  and  E.  E.  Doty,  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

Selection  of  Next  Place  of  Meeting. — George  G.  Holloway,  Terre 
Haute,  Ind.;  B.  Frank  Moore,  Cleveland,  Ohio;  Herbert  B.  Medlar,  Wood- 
stock,  111.;  George  W.  Topliff,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  and  Harry  M.  Fell, 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

(This  was  followed  by  the  calling  of  the  delegates  from  the  several 
States,  but  as  the  list  had  to  be  revised  the  same  is  omitted  here,  and  may 
be  found  on  the  pages  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Congress  of  Photography.) 

Now  those  delegates  who  have  not  received  their  credentials  will  get 
them  in  the  morning  about  9 o’clock.  The  opening  session  of  Congress  will 
be  at  that  hour,  and  every  one  is  invited  to  this  meeting.  All  active  mem- 


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bers  are  invited ; you  ought  to  be  there,  because  there  will  be  some  important 
legislation  which  means  advancement  and  progress.  Nobody  can  vote  ex- 
cepting the  delegates.  Your  State  is  represented,  and  you  can  talk  to  your 
delegates,  and  you  can  talk  for  yourself.  If  you  want  a voice  you  can  get  it. 

By  Mb.  Cole:  As  I understand  it,  the  question  is  now  discussed  before 
the  body,  and  then  taken  before  the  Congress. 

By  President  Tyree:  No,  sir;  the  body  has  nothing  to  do  with  it, 
except  through  their  delegates.  If  you  want  anything  you  can  speak  to 
your  delegate.  If  you  want  to  talk  in  Congress  you  can  ask  my  permis- 
sion and  I will  be  glad  to  recognize  you.  This  was  to  do  away  with  all  this 
unnecessary,  long,  hot-air  work  that  some  of  our  fellows  get  into  in  our 
meetings,  and  then  when  we  are  through  we  haven’t  done  anything.  We  now 
expect  to  go  through  with  this  in  a business-like  manner.  What  is  good  we 
will  adopt,  and  if  it  isn’t  good  we  will  kill  it,  and  kill  it  quick. 

(President  makes  announcements  of  social  features.) 

By  President  Tyree:  We  are  going  to  adjourn  in  a few  minutes,  but 
I want  to  introduce  a young  fellow  who  is  now  located  at  Bucyrus,  Ohio,  who 
is  now  in  the  new  position  that  was  created  last  year  in  Kansas  City.  It  is 
the  most  progressive  move  we  have  ever  made,  in  order  to  have  an  association 
that  will  be  of  benefit  to  you,  not  only  at  the  convention,  but  for  every  day 
in  the  year.  This  young  man  has  been  in  office  six  months.  He  has 
worked  hard,  and  you  have  heard  from  him. 

I want  to  introduce  him  to  you  personally.  I want  you  to  get  ac- 
quainted with  him.  You  will  find  that  he  is  tall,  long  and  big  enough  to 
hang  all  your  troubles  on.  If  you  are  looking  for  a printer  he  will  help 
you ; if  you  are  in  trouble,  he  will  help  you.  I take  great  pleasure  in  intro- 
ducing to  you  our  new  Secretary,  John  I.  Hoffman.  (Applause.) 

By  Secretary  Hoffman:  The  President  was  exactly  right  when  he 
said  that  I wanted  to  meet  every  one  of  you.  I want  to  get  acquainted 
with  you,  and  I want,  if  possible,  to  find  out  a way  whereby  the  National 
Association  can  be  of  service  to  all  and  every  one  of  you  twelve  months  in 
the  year.  (Applause.) 

By  the  way,  as  you  come  into  the  hall,  you  are  asked  to  sign  your  name 
on  a little  piece  of  paper.  We  are  doing  that  for  the  purpose  of  getting 
the  names  and  addresses  of  every  one  who  attends  this  convention  in  order 
that  we  can  send  to  you  the  Association  News — a sixteen-page  magazine. 
I want  to  ask,  how  many  have  received  the  May  and  June  issues  of  the  Asso- 
ciation News?  Hold  up  your  hands.  How  many  have  not?  We  sent  out 
thirteen  thousand  copies,  and  this  will  be  a sort  of  a test  to  find  out  how 
accurate  our  mailing  list  is.  It  must  be  revised  we  know,  but  we  want  you 
to  get  this  little  magazine  all  the  time,  and  find  out  what  we  are  doing  for 
you. 

It  is  going  to  take  a great  deal  of  co-operation  to  build  up  the  Asso- 
ciation. No  one  man  can  do  it  alone,  but  we  must  work  together,  and  by 
that  means  we  can  build  up  a wonderful  organization. 


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I want  to  meet  you  and  I want  to  talk  over  the  Association  with  you ; 
and  if  in  any  way  the  Association  can  be  of  any  service  to  you,  I want  you 
to  tell  me  about  it.  I thank  you. 

By  President  Tyree:  I want  to  hold  you  about  two  minutes.  There 
is  one  real  good  thing  that  I had  forgotten.  Mr.  Towles  called  mv  attention 
to  it.  I am  going  to  ask  Mr.  Towles  to  tell  you  about  it.  (Applause.) 

By  Mr.  Towles:  Friends,  we  have  a real  treat  for  you  to-morrow.  I 
did  not  want  it  to  be  overlooked.  We  are  going  to  give  you  the  opportunity 
to-morrow  of  seeing  in  person  a young  lady  who  has  entertained,  no  doubt, 
every  one  of  you,  very  pleasantly  and  frequently  in  your  own  town  on  the 
screen.  We  have  been  fortunate  enough  to  secure  the  serv  ices  of  little  Mary 
Fuller  for  our  demonstrations  to-morrow  here. 

By  President  Tyree:  She  is  the  queen  of  the  moving  pictures.  If 
there  is  no  other  business  we  will  stand  adjourned. 


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Friday  Morning  Session,  June  19,  1914 

10.30  o’clock 

By  President  Tyree:  The  meeting  will  please  come  to  order. 

On  account  of  the  length  of  time  that  you  were  held  in  the  hall  yester- 
day, we  postponed  the  talk  and  entertainment  to  be  given  by  us  and  that  was 
on  the  program  at  12  o’clock  by  Howard  D.  Beach,  and  I am  glad  to  say 
that  we  will  have  time  to  hear  this  talk  this  morning. 

Now  I take  great  pleasure  in  introducing  to  you  Howard  D.  Beach,  of 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 


PHOTOGRAPHY  AND  POETRY. 

By  Howard  D.  Beach,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. : 

There  is  a kind  of  photography  that  is,  or  should  be,  classed  among 
the  fine  arts.  It  is  the  kind  that  is  governed  by  the  same  rules  that  must 
be  applied  in  painting  and  in  sculpture;  and  as  all  of  the  fine  arts,  namely, 
poetry,  painting,  sculpture,  architecture,  music,  eloquence  and  the  drama, 
are  closely  related,  we  often  compare  their  various  qualities ; for  instance, 
music  has  color;  pictures  have  tone;  poetry  is  alive  with  pictures  and  music. 
Now  we  are  interested  to  know  that  pictures  often  have  many  of  the  qualities 
of  poetry.  This  is  just  as  true  of  the  photograph  as  it  is  of  any  other 
picture. 

The  word  photography  has  come  to  be  a general  term,  including  sev- 
eral branches,  which  range  all  the  way  from  scientific,  or  very  exact  pho- 
tography, to  kodakery.  Still  the  great  mass  of  photographs  might  be 
likened  to  the  kind  of  prose  that  is  very  matter-of-fact,  pictures  that  show 
the  undeniable  existence  or  reality  of  the  subject. 

The  nurse  girl,  too,  was  matter-of-fact  when  the  fond  mother  advised 
the  use  of  a thermometer  to  ascertain  the  temperature  of  the  water  for 
baby’s  bath.  Bridget  declared  against  it,  saying:  “I  don’t  need  a ther- 
mometer, mum;  if  the  little  man  turns  red,  the  water’s  too  hot;  if  he  turns 
blue,  the  water’s  too  cold,  and  there  you  are.”  Nowr  the  extensive  field  cov- 
ered by  the  photograph  is  conceded  to  it  because,  almost  no  matter  how  one 
comes  by  the  result,  it  can  be  said  with  some  certainty,  “there  you  are.” 

Hov  'ever,  the  photographs  that  I wish  to  speak  of  now,  those  that  can 
have  anything  in  them  of  a poetical  quality,  are  of  the  pictorial  class.  This 
class  includes  portraits  and  genre  pictures,  landscapes,  marine  and  deco- 
rative pictures. 

Suppose  that,  in  order  to  get  a little  closer  to  the  topic,  we  freshen 
our  minds  on  what  constitutes  poetry. 


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By  CLIFFORD  NORTON 
Cleveland,  Ohio 


A very  estimable  friend  of  mine  expresses  it  this  way:  “Poetry  differs 
from  prose  in  these  respects:  1.  The  subject  matter  of  poetry  must  be 
intrinsically  beautiful,  and  must  appeal  to  the  imagination  and  the  emo- 
tions. 2.  The  expression  of  the  thought  must  be  in  melodious  and  metrical 
language.  3.  The  form  must  be  artistic  and  must  have  for  its  first  object,  to 
please.  Prose  often  meets  one  or  two  of  these  requirements,  but  never  meets 
all  three  of  them.” 

You  surely  have  noticed  how  well  these  rules  for  poetry  apply  to  the 
kind  of  pictures  we  have  in  mind.  Intrinsically  beautiful ! Appeal  to  the 
imagination  and  emotions ! Artistic  in  form ! And  must  have  for  its  first 
object,  to  please!  Metrical!  And  we  might  almost  lay  claim  to  melody. 

To  take  up  the  first  item,  “intrinsically  beautiful,”  the  little  poem  by 
William  Watson  might  well  be  considered  the  artist’s  creed.  It  is  this: 

“I  follow  beauty;  of  her  train  am  I : 

Beauty,  whose  voice  is  earth  and  sea  and  air; 

Who  serveth,  and  her  hands  for  all  things  ply ; 

Who  reigneth,  and  her  throne  is  everywhere.” 

However,  a picture  might  be  beautiful  to  a degree  and  yet  not  poetical. 
Beautiful  in  subject,  but  not  poetically  beautiful;  beautiful  in  spots,  but  not 
as  a whole;  beautiful  in  color,  but  false  in  other  respects.  Pictures  must 
have  unity,  and  unity  comes  from  feeling.  Poetical  pictures  must  lead  the 
imagination  into  action,  they  must  stir  the  emotions,  and  emotion  is  the  most 
fascinating  thing  in  art,  though  the  most  difficult  to  define. 

There  is  a painting  at  the  Albright  Art  Gallery  in  Buffalo,  by  Charles 
Melville  Dewey,  in  which  the  poetic  characteristics  are  exceedingly  strong. 
There  are  few  objects  in  the  picture.  Trees  and  a brook  are  vaguely  por- 
trayed, and  the  moon  is  a little  above  the  horizon.  But  the  picture  breathes 
a perfect  melody  of  stillness.  One,  after  concentrating  his  mind  upon  it 
for  a few  moments,  is  loath  even  to  whisper  for  fear  he  is  disturbing  the 
serene  and  wondrous  atmosphere.  It  is  only  occasionally  that  such  pictures 
are  produced  in  any  medium,  whether  in  painting,  photography  or  any 
other  process.  Therefore,  do  not  become  discouraged  if  you  have  not  yet 
attained  to  this  height,  but  study,  and  ponder,  never  mind  what  people  say 
concerning  your  work,  think  within  yourself  and  the  result  will  be  a part  of 
you ; it  will  possess  originality. 

Now,  while  we  are  on  this  phase  of  the  subject,  let  me  tell  you  a secret. 
One  of  the  best  times  to  get  a landscape  picture  containing  a great  sense  of 
mystery,  is  the  witching  hour  of  day  when  night  is  busily  engaged  in  spread- 
ing her  slumber-robe.  It  is  the  time  between  daylight  and  darkness,  when, 
for  a very  few  minutes  only,  Nature  seems  to  be  off  her  guard,  and  will  not 
surmise  she  may  be  sitting  for  a picture. 

Go  with  me  into  the  meadow.  The  light  is  rapidly  growing  dim.  The 
clouds  in  the  West  are  losing  their  crimson  tinge;  a stillness  pervades  the 


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scene.  Trees,  bushes  and  smaller  bits,  that  would  be  void  of  pictorial  in- 
terest, could  we  distinguish  every  detail,  are  huddling  themselves  together 
like  drowsy  sheep,  and  welding  their  divergent  shapes  into  huge  and  inter- 
esting masses. 

Or  shall  we  go  to  the  swamp?  Here  Nature  spreads  first  her  white 
covering  of  mist,  out  of  which  rise  strange  notes  of  birds,  with  the  whirring 
of  their  wings;  the  splashing  and  chirping  of  frogs,  and  the  suction  of  air 
underneath  the  bogs  on  which  we  stand.  “But,”  you  say,  “these  things 
would  not  come  into  the  photograph.”  No,  perhaps  not,  yet  we  become  so 
imbued  with  the  spirit  of  the  thing  that  any  picture  that  we  desire  to  take 
will  breathe  with  a feeling  akin  to  the  feeling  that  is  stirred  in  our  souls. 
Dawn,  too,  is  full  of  imaginings,  but  here  we  have  the  difference  of  the  dewy 
masses  separating  themselves  into  smaller  and  smaller  groups,  as  the  light 
increases.  Of  course  a long  exposure  is  required,  and  as  a result  only  one 
or  two  pictures  can  be  made  in  one  excursion.  Still,  have  we  not  said  that 
only  occasionally  a wonderful  picture  is  made,  and  who  would  not  be 
accredited  with  one? 

I would  not  have  you  think  that  dawn  and  dusk  are  the  only  hours  for 
the  making  of  poetical  pictures : nor  must  you  think  that  vagueness  and 
indictinctness  are  indispensable  properties.  Pictures  that  are  made  right 
out  in  the  open  light  may  fairly  sing  with  poetic  feeling,  but  these  pictures 
are,  if  anything,  even  more  difficult  to  produce.  A very  important  point, 
as  you  know,  about  a real  picture  is  this:  There  must  be  no  discordant  lines 
to  carry  the  eye  away  from  the  point  of  interest,  and  strong  light  is  very 
apt  to  produce  many  of  these  lines,  and  with  the  result  that  undue  emphasis 
is  given  to  the  less  important  parts  of  the  picture. 

Now,  the  real  artist  is  able  to  direct  the  eye  of  the  spectator  to  any 
part  of  the  picture  at  will.  Through  a succession  of  lights  and  shadows  and 
points  of  interest  he  can  carry  the  gaze  of  the  observer  to  any  part  he 
wishes.  In  this  way  he  can  tell  his  story,  give  his  interpretation  of  the 
subject  and  impress  the  observer  as  he  was  impressed  upon  first  beholding 
the  scene.  That  is  true  art,  and  poetic  art  must  needs  be  true  art. 

In  portraiture  these  rules  apply  with  equal  if  not  with  greater  force. 
The  intensest  feeling  should  guide  the  jdacing  of  every  light  and  shadow, 
every  mass  and  detail.  Take  advantage  of  the  so-called  accidentals,  they 
help  wonderfully  in  alleviating  the  stiffness ; see  that  the  picture  is  full  of 
vibration.  Every  part  of  it  must  vibrate,  must  seem  alive ; good  poetry 
never  has  dead  lines,  every  word  is  built  into  the  structure  with  a purpose. 
So  in  picture  making,  every  line  must  have  its  mission,  its  purpose. 

Portraits  may  be  poetical  and  yet  strong,  and  of  strong  and  sturdy 
subjects;  some  of  the  greatest  characters  in  history  we  know  best  through 
poetry.  The  picture  that  conforms  most  closely  to  poetical  ideas  will  live 
the  longest,  because  it  will  embrace  the  highest  ideals  in  art;  it  will  be  con- 
sistent; it  will  appeal  to  the  imagination;  it  will  be  handed  down  from  gen- 
eration to  generation. 


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Now  let  us  recapitulate.  We  must  assume  that  the  highest  type  of 
photograph,  highest  from  the  art  standpoint,  is  one  which  has  in  it  some 
poetic  feeling. 

We  have  found  that  poetic  feeling  is  generated  first  through  the  beau- 
tiful. In  picture  making  we  would  produce  beautiful  lines,  beautiful  tones 
and  values ; William  Watson  has  told  us  that  beauty’s  throne  is  everywhere, 
so  that  subjects  are  unlimited.  Our  poetical  picture  must  appeal  to  the 
imagination  and  the  emotions ; that  is  to  say,  it  must  make  us  think  and  feel, 
it  must  take  hold  of  us,  not  alone  because  the  subject  may  be  dramatic,  but 
the  illusion,  the  delineation  itself  must  make  our  pulses  throb  in  some  degree, 
as  music  sweeps  all  our  senses  into  one  appreciative  ensemble. 

I cannot  tell  you  just  exactly  how*  to  produce  such  a result,  but  this 
much  is  certain,  unless  at  the  time  of  taking  the  picture  you  feel  all  that  I 
have  described,  your  result  will  not  be  poetic  except  by  mere  chance. 

Take  then  your  camera,  and  know  that  within  its  darkened  chamber  is 
contained  a God-given  power  to  reveal  truth,  to  interpret  beauty,  to  express 
thought  in  a melodious  and  metrical  language,  unencumbered  by  words,  a 
language  that  all  people  of  all  nationalities  may  understand. 

John  Keats,  in  the  opening  lines  of  his  Endymion,  has  given  us  some  of 
his  most  sublime  thoughts  on  beauty. 

“A  thing  of  beauty  is  a joy  for  ever: 

Tts  loveliness  increases;  it  will  never 
Pass  into  nothingness;  but  still  will  keep 
A bower  quiet  for  us,  and  a sleep 
Full  of  sweet  dreams,  and  health,  and 
quiet  breathing.” 

Yet  in  picture  making  we  cannot  always  get  into  the  mood. 

Thomas  Bailey  Aldrich  cites  an  example  in  a monologue  poem  of  the 
perversity  of  the  artist’s  spirit.  The  poem  is  entitled,  “In  an  Atelier.” 


“I  pray  you,  do  not  turn  your  head; 
And  let  your  hands  lie  folded,  so. 
It  was  a dress  like  this,  wine-red, 
That  troubled  Dante,  long  ago. 


You  don’t  know  Dante?  Nevermind. 

He  loved  a lady  wondrous  fair — 
His  model?  Something  of  the  kind. 

I wonder  if  she  had  your  hair!” 


Robert  Browning  gives  us  a hint  as  to  how  to  select  and  how  to  paint 
a subject.  Browning  had  a great  appreciation  for  pictures.  His  poem  is 


entitled,  “A  Face.” 

If  one  could  have  that  little  head  of  hers 
Painted  upon  a background  of  pale  gold, 

Such  as  the  Tuscan's  early  art  prefers! 

No  shade  encroaching  on  the  matchless 
mould 

Of  those  two  lips,  which  should  be  opening- 
soft 

In  the  pure  profile;  not  as  when  she 
laughs, 

For  that  spoils  all:  but  rather  as  if  aloft 
Yon  hyacinth,  she  loves  so,  leaned  its 
staff’s 

Burthen  of  honey-colored  buds  to  kiss 

And  capture  ’twixt  the  lips  apart  for  this. 

Then  her  lithe  neck,  three  fingers  might 
surround, 


How  it  should  waver  on  the  pale  gold 
ground 

Up  to  the  fruit-shaped,  perfect  chin  it  lifts! 
I know,  Correggio  loves  to  mass,  in  rifts 
Of  heaven,  his  angel  faces,  orb  on  orb 
Breaking  its  outline,  burning  shades  absorb: 
But  these  are  only  massed  there,  I should 
think, 

Waiting  to  see  some  wonder  momently 

Grow  out,  stand  full,  fade  slow  against 
the  sky 

That’s  the  pale  ground  you’d  see  this 
sweet  face  by). 

All  heaven,  meanwhile,  condensed  into 
one  eye 

Which  fears  to  lose  the  wonder,  should  it 
wink. 


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Now  if  the  painting  just  described  could  be  replaced  by  a photograph 
of  a dusky  face,  perhaps  in  some  respects  not  less  beautiful,  let  us  see  what 
the  effect  might  be  on  the  young  lady’s  lover.  Paul  Lawrence  Dunbar  has 
given  us  a sketchy  poem  entitled,  “A  Photograph.” 


See  dis  piety  ah  in  my  han’? 
Dat’s  my  gal; 

Ain’t  she  purty?  goodness  lan’! 

Huh  name  Sal. 

Dat’s  de  very  way  she  be — 
Kin’  o’  tickles  me  to  see 
Huh  a-smilin’  back  at  me. 


Often  when  I ’s  all  alone 
Layin’  here, 

I git  Finkin'  ’bout  my  own 
Sallie  dear; 

How  she  say  dat  I ’s  huh  beau, 
An’  hit  tickles  me  to  know 
Dat  de  gal  do  love  me  so. 


She  sont  me  dis  photygraph 
Jes’  las’  week; 

An’  aldough  hit  made  me  laugh— 
My  black  cheek 
Felt  somethin’  a-runnin’  queer; 
Bless  yo’  soul,  it  was  a tear 
Jes’  Fom  wishin’  she  was  here. 


Some  bright  day  I ’s  goin’  back, 
Fo’  de  la! 

An’  ez  sho’  ’s  my  face  is  black. 
Ax  huh  pa 

Fu’  de  blessed  little  miss 
Who  ’s  a-smilin’  out  o dis 
Pictyah,  lak  she  wan’ed  a kiss ! 


Long  before  photography  was  discovered  pictures  were  of  great  in- 
terest, especially  to  the  little  ones.  Dunbar  has  expressed  himself  concern- 
ing a different  art:  “At  Candle-Lightin’  Time.” 


When  I come  in  f’om  de  co’n-fiel’  aftah 
wo’kin’  ha’d  all  day, 

It’s  amazin’  nice  to  fin’  my  suppah  all  erpon 
de  way; 

An’  it’s  nice  to  smell  de  coffee  bubblin’ 
ovah  in  de  pot, 

An’  it’s  fine  to  see  de  meat  a-sizzlin’  teasin’- 
lak  an’  hot. 

But  when  suppah-time  is  ovah,  an’  de  t’ings 
is  cleahed  away; 

Den  de  happy  hours  dat  fuller  are  de 
sweetes’  of  de  day. 

When  my  co’ncob  pipe  is  sta’ted,  an’  de 
smoke  is  drawin’  prime, 

My  ole  ’oornan  says,  “I  reckon,  Ike,  it’s 
eandle-lightin’  time.” 

Den  de  chillun  snuggle  up  to  me,  an’  all 
commence  to  call, 

“Oh,  say,  daddy,  now  it’s  time  to  mek  de 
shadders  on  de  wall.” 

So  I puts  my  han’s  togethah — evah  daddy 
knows  de  way, — 

An’  de  chillun  snuggle  closer  roun’  ez  I 
I begin  to  say: — 


“Fus’  thing,  hyeah  come  Mistah  Rabbit; 
don’  you  see  him  wo’k  his  eahs? 

Huh,  uh!  dis  mus’  be  a donkey, — look,  how 
innercent  he  ’pears! 

Dah’s  de  ole  black  swan  a-swimmin’ — ain’t 
she  got  a’  awful  neck? 

Who’s  dis  feller  dats  a-comin’?  Why,  dat’s 
ole  dog  Tray,  I ’spec’ !” 

Dat’s  de  way  I run  on,  tryin’  fu’  to  please 
’em  all  I can; 

Den  I hollahs,  “Now  be  keerful — dis  hyeah 
las'  ’s  de  bugaman !” 

An’  dey  runs  an’  hides  dey  faces;  dey  ain’t 
skeered — dey’s  lettin’  on: 

But  de  play  ain’t  raaly  ovah  twell  dat  buga- 
man is  gone. 

So  I jes’  teks  up  my  banjo,  an’  I plays  a 
little  chune. 

An’  you  see  dem  haids  come  peepin’  out  to 
listen  mighty  soon. 

Den  my  wife  says,  “Sich  a pappy  fu’  to 
give  you  sich  a fright! 

Jes,  you  go  to  baid,  an’  leave  him:  say  yo’ 
prayers  an’  say  good-night.” 


By  President  Tyree  : I will  ask  the  Secretary  now  to  give  you  the 
minutes  and  proceedings  of  the  Congress,  that  you  may  know  what  we  have 
done. 

(The  stenographer  here  read  the  condensed  minutes  of  the  proceedings 
of  the  Congress  of  Photography,  together  with  all  resolutions  passed. 
These  are  set  out  in  full  in  the  transcript  of  the  proceedings  of  the  Con- 
gress, and  would  be  mere  repetition  here.) 

By  President  Tyree:  As  chairman  I ask  this  convention  to  adopt 
these  proceedings.  I would  like  to  have  some  one  put  a motion  to  that 


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effect.  While  I know  it  is  not  necessary,  I would  like  to  get  your  endorse- 
ment. 

By  President  Tyree  : The  next  on  the  program  is  the  presentation  of 
life  membership  to  Past  President  Charles  F.  Townsend,  of  Des  Moines, 
Iowa,  by  Past  President  George  Graham  Holloway,  of  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 
We  read  to  you  at  the  first  meeting  a letter  from  our  esteemed  past  presi- 
dent, Mr.  Townsend,  stating  that  his  health  is  in  such  condition  that  he  is 
unable  to  be  present,  and  we  are  very  sorry  indeed  that  he  cannot  be  with  us 
to  receive  this  certificate. 

We  will  have  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Nominations. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana)  : Mr.  President,  I have  the  report  of 
the  Nominating  Committee  appointed  by  you.  This  was  decided  upon  yes- 
terday and  sealed  and  put  into  my  care  and  is  directed  to  our  Secretary,  Mr. 
Hoffman,  but  I will  hand  it  over  to  you  sealed  as  I got  it. 

President  Tyree  reads  report  as  follows:  We,  the  Nominating  Com- 
mittee, beg  to  submit  the  following  report : 

For  President,  Will  H.  Towles,  Washington,  D.  C. 

For  First  Vice-President,  L.  A.  Dozer,  Bucyrus,  Ohio. 

For  Second  Vice-President,  Ryland  W.  Phillips,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

For  Treasurer,  R.  W.  Holsinger,  Charlottesville,  Va. 

(Signed)  Ben  Larrimer, 

J.  E.  Giffin, 

Waller  Holliday, 

E.  B.  Core, 

George  W.  Harris. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : I move  that  the  report  be 
adopted  and  the  committee  discharged. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

By  President  Tyree:  You  are  now  to  vote  on  each  officer.  For  Presi- 
dent, Will  H.  Towles,  of  Washington,  I).  C. 

By  Mr.  Cole  (of  Virginia)  : I move  that  the  nominations  be  closed,  the 
rules  suspended  and  the  Secretary  instructed  to  cast  the  unanimous  vote  of 
the  Association  for  Will  H.  Towles  for  President. 

( Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried ; and  the  secretary  cast  the  vote  as 
directed,  amid  applause.) 

Mr.  Towles,  President-elect:  (Applause.)  Friends,  I want  to  express 
my  appreciation  for  the  confidence  you  have  expressed  in  electing  me  to  the 
highest  office  within  your  gift;  and  I assure  you  at  the  same  time  that  I am 
not  unmindful  of  the  responsibility  and  the  labor  that  is  connected  with  it, 
and  ask  you  for  your  hearty  co-operation.  This  is  no  one  man’s  conven- 
tion, nor  is  it  a board’s  convention.  This  board  is  merely  your  business 
manager,  and  we  must  have  your  support ; and  I want  you  to  all  feel  that 


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you  are  a vital  part  of  it.  I want  you  to  give  us  your  suggestions  and  help 
us  in  every  way  you  can.  I thank  you.  (Applause.) 

By  President  Tyree:  The  next  is  for  First  Vice-President,  L.  A. 
Dozer,  of  Bucyrus,  Ohio. 

By  Mr.  Lively  : I move  that  the  nominations  be  closed. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Cole  (of  Virginia)  : I move  you  that  the  Secretary  be  in- 
structed to  cast  the  unanimous  vote  of  the  Association  for  Mr.  Dozer  as 
First  Vice-President. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried;  and  the  secretary  cast  the  vote  as 
directed,  amid  applause.) 

By  Mr.  Dozer,  First  Vice-President-elect  (continued  applause)  : Mr. 
Chairman  and  Friends:  That  is  certainly  fine.  A good  many  years  ago,  in 
the  early  history  of  our  country,  there  was  a man  who  said  that  he  would 
rather  be  right  than  be  President.  Now,  my  friends,  I will  admit  to  you  that 
I do  not  feel  real  good  this  morning.  I am  not  as  happy  as  I might  have 
been,  but  I feel  this  way  about  it,  that  I am  going  to  work  for  the  best  in- 
terests of  this  Association.  I am  going  to  do  the  thing  that  I think  is  the 
proper  thing  for  me  to  do.  I am  going  to  say  right  now  that  I am  going  to 
take  my  friend  Towles’  hand  (applause)  and  we  will  pull  and  work  together 
for  you.  I am  going  to  work  with  him  this  year.  I am  going  to  accept  the 
office,  and  I am  going  to  do  to  the  best  of  my  ability  all  the  work  I can  in 
assisting  Mr.  Towles  to  make  the  next  convention  the  best  we  have  ever  had, 
( Applause. ) 

By  President  Tyree:  For  Second  Vice-President,  Ryland  W.  Phil- 
lips, of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

By  Mr.  Siiriever  (of  Pennsylvania)  : I move  that  the  nominations  for 
Second  Vice-President  be  closed. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Cole  (of  Virginia)  : I also  move  that  the  Secretary  be  in- 
structed to  cast  the  unanimous  ballot  of  the  Association  for  Ryland  W. 
Phillips  as  Second  Vice-President. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried;  and  the  secretary  cast  the  vote  as 
directed,  amid  applause.) 

By  Mr.  Phillips,  Second  Vice-President-elect:  Ladies  and  Gentlemen, 
Members  of  the  P.  A.  of  A.:  I have,  for  a long  time,  been  in  the  work  of  con- 
ventions, and  the  work  of  conventions  is  to  help  photographers.  It  has  been 
my  desire  to  help  them  and  to  receive  help  myself.  I have  never  felt  that 
my  field  of  action  was  on  the  Board  of  the  National  Association,  but  this 
year  it  has  been  pointed  out  to  me  that  it  might  be  possible  that  I could  do 
some  good,  and  I therefore  consented  to  allow  my  name  to  stand,  if  there  was 
no  one  else  to  take  the  place.  I want  to  thank  you  very  heartily  for  elect- 
ing me  to  this  position;  and  I assure  you  that  I will  do  everything  in  my 
power  to  further  the  interests  of  the  P.  A.  of  A.  and  represent  every  photog- 
rapher under  that  banner,  building  up,  if  possible,  to  double  the  size  of  the 


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organization,  and  to  treble  the  size  of  the  organization,  until  we  will  have 
an  organization  in  which  we  will  find  all  photographers  doing  the  best  work 
they  know  how.  This  I say  because  I have  seen  in  the  last  few  years  a 
number  of  photographers  that  I do  not  believe  were  doing  the  best  they 
knew  how. 

And  I hope  my  part  on  this  Board  can  be  the  part  which  I have  tried 
to  play  heretofore,  of  helping  the  little  man  up  and  boosting  the  big  man 
upper.  I thank  you.  (Applause.) 

By  President  Tyree:  For  Treasurer,  R.  W.  Holsinger,  of  Charlottes- 
ville, Va.  (Applause.) 

(It  was  moved,  seconded,  put  and  carried  that  the  nominations  be 
closed.) 

By  Mr.  Cole  (of  Virginia)  : It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  move  that 
the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  cast  the  unanimous  ballot  of  this  Association 
for  R.  W.  Holsinger  as  our  Treasurer.  He  is  succeeding  a mighty  good 
man.  (Applause.) 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried,  and  Secretary  cast  the  vote  for 
Mr.  Holsinger  for  Treasurer,  amid  applause.) 

(Mr.  Holsinger  goes  to  the  stage  amid  continued  applause.) 

By  President  Tyree:  I know  }rou  will  pardon  me.  Mr.  Holsinger  and 
I were  sent  to  Milwaukee  as  delegates  from  the  Virginia-Carolina  Association 
at  the  second  Congress  of  Photography.  This  was  where  Mr.  Holsinger 
began  to  fight  for  the  Association — at  Milwaukee.  Before  that  we  wrere  on 
the  Virginia-Carolina  Board  together  for  two  or  three  years,  and  we  have 
been  very  closely  associated,  so  you  can  understand  how  happy  it  makes 
me  to  knowr  that  our  good  friend,  R.  W.  Holsinger,  can  use  his  talents  in  a 
bigger  field  and  help  this  Association  which  he  holds  so  close  at  heart. 
( Applause.) 

By  Mr.  Holsinger,  Treasurer-elect : I thank  you  for  the  honor  you 
have  bestowed  upon  me  this  morning,  and  I realize  that  it  is  up  to  me  to 
show  that  you  have  honored  yourselves  by  electing  me.  I have  refrained 
from  making  speeches  at  this  convention,  as  I have  been  feeling  pretty  badly 
and  was  sick  for  ten  days  before  I left  home.  But  really,  as  the  Irishman 
says,  this  makes  me  feel  very  nearly  better. 

I assure  you  that  I appreciate  the  difficult  task  that  I will  have  in  suc- 
ceeding a man  like  Mr.  Dozer.  He  has  made  an  ideal  Treasurer. 

And  I would  also  like  to  say  that  I believe  in  co-operation,  and  I have 
been  pleased  with  the  co-operative  spirit  that  has  existed  all  through  this 
convention.  Perhaps  you  have  made  a mistake  in  your  Treasurer,  but  I wfill 
try  to  show  you  that  you  did  not.  I know  you  didn’t  in  the  rest  of  them. 
We  are  going  to  work  together  on  this  Board  for  the  good  of  the  Associa- 
tion, knowing  that  the  other  members  of  this  Board  have  the  welfare  of  their 
co-workers  at  heart.  I assure  you  that  we  w ill  try  to  give  you  a convention 
that  will  uplift  the  Association.  And  with  the  assistance  of  the  Secretary, 
who  has  made  a magnificent  Secretary  in  the  time  that  he  has  been  in  office 


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(applause),  I will  guarantee  that  in  a few  years  from  now  you  will  be  sur- 
prised with  the  conventions  that  we  will  give  you.  I thank  you. 

By  President  Tyree:  Mr.  Harris,  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  is  going  to 
leave,  and  he  wants  to  say  just  a word. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : I want  to  make  just  one  an- 
nouncement before  I leave.  “Papa”  Cramer  is  real  sick  this  morning.  He 
is  a little  bit  worse  than  he  was  last  night,  and  about  the  same  as  he  was 
yesterday  morning.  They  hope  to  start  him  on  his  way  home  at  4 o’clock 
this  afternoon.  The  only  thing  that  seemed  to  be  in  his  mind  was  that  he 
wanted  to  thank  everybody  for  those  beautiful  flowers.  He  says  to  take 
back  to  you  folks  his  blessing,  and  he  is  the  most  disappointed  man  in  all 
this  town  that  he  cannot  be  with  you.  I am  glad  that  I can  deliver  that 
message  to  you.  I know  we  all  hope  to  see  “Papa”  Cramer  get  home  safely. 

I am  leaving  in  a minute  for  Texas.  I am  sorry  I cannot  stay  with 
you,  for  if  I were  here  I would  insist  that  San  Francisco  be  our  next  meet- 
ing place. 

By  P resident  Tyree  : We  will  have  the  report  of  the  Committee  on 
Resolutions. 

By  Mr.  Beach:  Whereas,  It  has  come  to  our  knowledge  that  “Papa” 
Cramer,  our  dearly  beloved  ex-President  of  the  Association,  has  been  con- 
fined to  his  room  throughout  our  convention  week ; 

Be  it  Resolved,  That  wre  transmit  to  him  our  sincere  regret  that  he  has 
not  been  able  to  meet  with  us,  and  express  our  heartfelt  wash  that  his  re- 
covery may  be  speedy. 

I move  that  this  be  adopted. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Beach:  Whereas,  In  the  opinion  of  all  who  have  been  for- 
tunate enough  and  wise  enough  to  be  in  Atlanta  this  past  week,  this,  the 
Thirty-fourth  Annual  Convention  of  the  grand  old  P.  A.  of  A.,  has  been  not 
only  a complete  success,  but  has  also  been  exceptionally  strong  in  educational 
features  and  more  than  usually  enjoyable  from  the  many  entertainments 
offered;  therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  most  hearty  thanks  of  the  members  here  assembled 
lie  extended: 

First.  To  his  Honor,  Governor  Slaton,  of  the  State  of  Georgia,  for 
his  cordial  words  of  greeting  and  also  to  his  Honor,  Mayor  WoodwTard,  who 
so  generously  extended  to  us  the  keys  and  the  welcome  of  this  splendid  city 
of  Atlanta. 

Second.  To  the  splendid  body  of  men  and  women  who  comprised  the 
demonstrating  and  lecturing  staff  of  this  convention,  namely,  Emme  Ger- 
hard, Miss  Kate  Simmons,  Dudley  Hoyt,  Howard  D.  Beach,  W.  O.  Breckon, 
Fred  G.  Quimby  and  George  H.  Hance,  George  Clifton  and  C.  H.  Claudy,  all 
of  whom  gave  of  their  knowledge  and  experience  that  others  might  benefit 
thereby. 


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By  H.  C.  MANN 
Norfolk,  Va. 


Third.  To  the  Board  of  Judges  who  spent  long  hours  in  examining 
and  criticising  the  pictures  submitted  for  the  exhibition,  namely,  Joe  Knaffl, 
Ryland  W.  Phillips  and  G.  Hanmer  Croughton. 

Fourth. — To  W.  S.  Lively  for  his  work  in  connection  with  the  fine 
collection  of  autochromes. 

Fifth.  To  the  manufacturers  and  dealers  for  their  fine  generosity  in 
providing  for  the  entertainment  of  the  members  and  for  their  liberal  dis- 
plays of  photographic  products,  and  also  for  their  ever  ready  support  in  all 
things  planned  by  the  P.  A.  of  A. 

Sixth.  To  the  committee  of  local  photographers  and  dealers  who  had 
the  many  entertainments  in  charge  and  whose  hospitality  and  willing  assist- 
ance did  so  much  toward  making  our  stay  such  a pleasant  one. 

Seventh.  To  the  local  and  also  the  photographic  press  for  the  liberal 
space  accorded  the  Association  and  its  doings. 

Eighth.  To  the  Board  of  Officers,  in  whose  charge  are  the  destinies 
of  the  Association,  and  who  have  shown  that  not  only  are  they  capable  men, 
but  that  they  have  worked  to  their  utmost  in  the  interest  of  our  members, 
and  the  uplifting  of  American  photography. 

Ninth.  To  the  committee  for  selection  of  permanent  Secretary, 
Messrs.  Plarris,  Larrimer  and  Schneider,  who  performed  their  work  to  the 
entire  satisfaction  of  the  Association  in  selecting  John  I.  Hoffman  for  Secre- 
tary for  the  P.  A.  of  A. 

Tenth.  To  AbeVs  Photographic  Weekly  for  the  loan  of  the  Traveling 
Collection  of  American  Portraiture. 

Eleventh.  And  finally  to  all  others  who  have  been  helpful  in  making 
this  convention  successful,  entertaining  and  otherwise  so  completely  satis- 
factory. And  be  it  also 

Resolved,  That  these  resolutions  be  spread  upon  the  minutes  of  the 
Association  and  that  copies  be  sent  to  all  those  who  have  been  named  herein. 

W.  G.  Thuss, 

J.  C.  Abel, 

Howard  D.  Beach. 

I move  the  adoption  of  these  resolutions. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Harden  (of  Kansas)  : Mr.  President,  I want  to  say  I have 
served  the  Photographers’  Association  of  America  on  the  Board  for  two 
years.  During  the  past  year  a great  many  of  you  know  I have  not  been  in 
accord  with  the  majority  of  the  members  of  the  Board,  consequently  I was 
not  reported  for  re-election.  I want  to  say  there  are  absolutely  no  sore 
spots,  and  it  is  probably  for  the  best  interests  of  the  Association  that  I 
should  not  continue  on  the  Board.  (Applause.) 

By  President  Tyree:  We  will  now  have  the  report  from  the  Com- 
mittee on  the  Next  Place  of  Meeting. 

By  Mr.  Holloway:  I will  try  to  make  this  as  brief  as  possible: 


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“To  the  President  and  Executive  Board,  Photographers’’  Association  of 
A meric  a : 

“We,  the  Committee  on  Location,  have  diligently  sought  information 
and  have  listened  to  the  claims  of  various  cities  in  order  that  we  may  report, 
as  our  recommendation,  points  for  the  earnest  consideration  of  the  Thirty- 
fourth  Annual  Convention  in  the  naming  of  choice  for  the  1915  National 
gathering. 

“We  unanimously  agree  upon  and  submit  to  the  pleasure  of  this  body 
the  name  of  the  city  of  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  being  influenced  by  the  signed 
statement  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  and  the  features  presented  to  us  by 
Commissioner  Raphun,  their  personal  representative  here. 

“We  believe  it  our  duty,  and  that  of  each  member  of  the  Association,  to 
name  and  vote  for  a meeting  place  at  the  center  of  population,  in  the  heart 
of  the  photographers’  population,  and  that  if  our  1915  convention  is  held 
in  Indianapolis,  we  will  be  insured  an  attendance  of  record  breaking  pro- 
portion. 

“It  is  our  judgment  that  Indianapolis  offers  inducements  that  are  un- 
equaled by  any  other  cities,  and  the  important  items  meaning  a great  saving 
to  our  Association,  really  about  $1200,  in  the  necessary  conduct  of  our 
yearly  meetings  and  may  be  named  as  follows : 

“1.  Free  convention  and  exhibition  halls. 

“2.  Committee  rooms  and  clerks,  telephone  and  telegraph  stations. 

“3.  Official  stenographer  or  stenotypist  to  report  the  proceedings  of 
Congress. 

“4.  Hotel  rooms  free  to  five  officers  and  their  wives,  at  any  hotel  that 
they  may  select  in  the  city. 

“5.  Direct  communication  by  mail  to  members  and  others  interested 
in  the  purposes  of  our  Association,  urging  attendance  at  the  1915  meeting. 

“6.  Entertainment  program  in  conjunction  with  local  committee  and 
subject  to  the  committee’s  approval. 

“7.  Support  of  the  three  leading  newspapers  and  the  co-operation  of 
the  Associated  Press  and  the  United  Press,  and  the  co-operation  of  the  Con- 
vention Bureau. 

“Therefore,  we,  the  Committee  on  Location,  respectfully  present  this 
report  and  move  its  adoption  and  admission  to  the  records. 

“Geo.  Graham  Holloway,  Chairman, 

“B.  Frank  Moore, 

“H.  B.  Medlar, 

“H.  M.  Fell, 

“Geo.  W.  Topliff.” 


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Now,  Mr.  President  and  members,  I believe  that  if  you  will  come  to  old 
Indiana  next  year  we  will  have,  with  the  assistance  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce of  Indianapolis,  the  largest  attendance  that  has  ever  been  held  in 
the  history  of  the  P.  A.  of  A.  Now  that  is  going  some. 

There  is  a feature  here  that  has  never  been  brought  up  in  the  organiza- 
tion before.  That  is  Section  5 : Direct  communication  by  mail  with  members 
and  others  interested  in  the  purposes  of  our  Association.  That  means  that 
the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of  Indianapolis  will  begin,  six  months  before  the 
National  Convention,  the  sending  out  of  letters  to  all  parts  of  the  United 
States,  and  keep  sending  them,  urging  photographers  to  come  to  the  conven- 
tion. That  will  bring  us  one  thousand  possibly,  from  that  work  alone. 
That  is  all  I have  to  say  about  it. 

By  Mr.  Medlar  : I move  the  nominations  be  closed.  I would  like  to 
hear  from  Mr.  Raphun,  the  representative  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

By  Mr.  Raphun:  Mr.  Chairman,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  I am  not  a 
public  speaker,  and  I am  going  to  ask  to  be  excused  from  standing  on  the 
platform,  because  I might  be  subject  to  stage  fright.  There  seems  very 
little  for  me  to  do  on  behalf  of  my  city  other  than,  first,  to  thank  you  for 
the  honor  of  being  permitted  to  address  you,  and,  secondly,  to  ask  that  you 
will  not  judge  the  reception  that  Indianapolis  will  tender  you  by  the  poor 
oratorical  efforts  of  its  personal  representative.  I have  not  been  expected 
to  make  speeches.  My  particular  business  is  to  see  that  the  conventions 
that  do  visit  the  Hoosier  capital  are  handled  from  a business  standpoint,  and 
to  see  that  each  of  these  gatherings  may  have  the  assistance  that  they  need. 

I realize  that  the  time  of  this  convention  meeting  is  short,  otherwise  I 
might  transgress  and  take  up  your  time  with  my  maiden  speech,  because  the 
only  chance  I ever  had  of  addressing  an  audience  like  this  is  right  here. 
We  have  presented  to  your  officers  a signed  statement,  signed  by  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  of  Indianapolis,  promising  you  support,  specializing  and 
distinctly  mentioning  what  we  will  do.  Now  I trust  that  there  is  no  one 
within  the  hearing  of  my  voice  that  will  believe  there  is  an  effort  to  bribe 
this  Association. 

We  do  supply  rooms  for  the  officers  and  their  wives,  but  that  same 
proposition  has  been  made  to  every  convention  that  has  met  in  Indianapolis 
since  the  establishment  of  the  Convention  Bureau.  So  that  there  has  been 
no  special  feature  offered  you  on  the  part  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  It 
is  a matter  of  business  assistance  that  we  trust  we  may  be  able  to  render  you. 

I want  to  say  to  you  that  there  are  so  many  beautiful  features  to  a visit 
to  Indianapolis,  that  an  ordinarily  intelligent  person  could  present  to  you, 
that  I am  not  going  to  try  to  take  up  your  time  with  it. 

I will  tell  you  one  thing,  however.  You  have  been  invited  to  come  by 
the  Governor  of  our  State,  the  Honorable  Samuel  M.  Ralston,  which  is,  in 
this  particular,  not  the  usual  type  of  Governor’s  invitation.  Ordinarily 
Governors  are  quick  to  send  invitations.  Governor  Ralston  has  issued  only 
seven  invitations  up  to  this  time.  The  Governor  has  sent  an  invitation  to 


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your  Association,  asking  that  the  convention  next  year  be  held  in  our  city, 
and  his  invitation  is  on  file  with  your  General  Secretary. 

Our  Mayor,  the  Honorable  Joseph  E.  Bell,  goes  a step  further.  When- 
ever we  ask  for  a convention  our  Mayor’s  invitation  goes  with  it  and  is 
attached  at  the  head  of  the  list.  He  notified  me  that  he  is  tired  of  signing 
his  name  to  invitations,  so  in  your  case  he  has  issued  a peremptory  order  to 
bring  your  friends. 

Now  added  to  that,  ladies  and  gentlemen,  is  the  invitation  of  the  Indian- 
apolis Chamber  of  Commerce,  representing,  as  it  does,  2700  of  Indianapolis’ 
best  business  men  from  all  walks  of  life.  Men  who  do  not  promise  to  leave 
their  business  to  entertain  you,  but  men  who  employ  people  for  the  purpose 
of  seeing  that  you  have  that  which  you  are  promised;  so  that,  ladies  and 
gentlemen,  is  the  way  Indianapolis  is  asking  you  to  meet  with  them  next 
year.  We  will  give  you  all  we  promise.  We  will  see  that  your  entertain- 
ment features  will  be  secondary  to  the  business  of  your  Association,  but  the 
entertainment  features  will  be  adequate.  We  will  supply  you  with  that 
which  you  want  to  make  a successful  convention. 

I ask  you  to  honor  us  with  your  presence  next  year — 1915.  I thank 
you,  Mr.  Chairman.  (Applause.) 

By  Mr.  Cole  (of  Virginia)  : I move  you  that  the  invitation  to  hold  our 
next  convention  in  Indianapolis  be  accepted. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana):  Mr.  President,  I have  here  a list  of 
the  officers  elected  by  the  Women’s  Federation.  I have  been  requested  to 
hand  it  to  you. 

By  President  Tyree:  The  officers  who  are  elected  for  the  Women’s 
Federation  for  the  year  1915  are  as  follows:  Miss  Maybelle  Goodlander,  of 
Muncie,  Ind.,  president.  I would  like  to  have  you  come  forward.  Mr. 
Larrimer,  escort  Miss  Goodlander  to  the  stage.  (Applause.) 

By  Miss  Goodlander  (of  Muncie,  Ind.)  : I am  not  a speech  maker,  this 
will  have  to  be  my  maiden  speech  also ; but  I want  all  of  you  to  come  down 
to  Indianapolis.  I am  a Hoosier  and  Indianapolis  is  only  a short  distance 
from  us.  I believe  we  will  give  you  as  good  a convention  as  any  State  pos- 
sibly could  give  you ; and  I hope  to  see  you  all  next  year.  (Applause.) 

By  President  Tyree:  For  Vice-President,  Miss  Clara  Louise  Hagins, 
of  Chicago.  I will  ask  Mr.  Cole,  of  Virginia,  to  escort  Miss  Hagins  to  the 
stage.  ( Applause. ) 

By  President  Tyree:  For  Second  Vice-President,  Mrs.  Sara  F.  T. 
Price,  of  Philadelphia.  (Applause.)  Mrs.  Price  come  forward.  Mr. 

Shriever,  kindly  conduct  Mrs.  Price  to  the  stage.  (Applause.)  Mrs. 
Price,  you’ve  got  to  say  something.  Give  us  that  thirty-nine  sixty-three 
piece. 

(Mrs.  Price  recites  the  story,  and  is  accorded  hearty  applause.) 

By  President  Tyree:  For  Secretary-Treasurer,  Mrs.  Bayard  Woot- 
ten,  of  New  Berne,  N.  C.  Mr.  Cole,  conduct  Mrs.  Wootten  to  the  stage. 


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I want  to  hear  the  report  from  the  Committee  on  Progress  of  Photog- 
raphy, please. 

By  Mr.  Cusick  : I am  a very  poor  speaker,  but  we  have  prepared  a re- 
port, and  Mr.  Cole  will  read  it. 

By  Mr.  Cole  (of  Virginia):  Ladies  and  gentlemen,  I expect  you  will 
find  me  equally  as  poor  a reader  as  Mr.  Cusick  says  he  is  a speaker.  How- 
ever, the  subject  is  so  broad  that  I do  not  think  there  is  any  one  within 
hearing  but  will  be  sorry  that  some  other  thing,  that  he  had  in  mind,  was 
not  added  to  this  report.  I will  read  you  the  report,  and  it  will  give  you 
the  details  of  a few  things  that  will  be  open  for  you : 

“There  is  no  profession,  art  (or  craft,  if  you  please  to  call  it  so)  that 
has  made  more  progress  than  photography.  Just  a few  years  ago  Daguerre 
and  Niepce  invented  the  Daguerreotype.  We  have  at  least  one  man  attend- 
ing this  convention  who  began  with  the  Daguerreotype.  I refer  to  the  ven- 
erable Mr.  Placard.  I believe  it  was  mentioned  in  the  newspapers  that  he 
is  the  oldest  man  in  our  Association. 

“Since  that  time  photography  has  gone  forward  steadily,  and  to-day  it 
touches  almost  everything  else.  Compare  the  Daguerreotype  with  the 
beautiful  art  work  of  the  present  time.  You  do  not  have  to  go  out  of  this 
hall  to  feast  your  eyes  on  the  most  beautiful  art,  and  to-day  photography 
has  a place  in  the  fine  arts  of  the  world.  Page  after  page  could  be  written 
on  the  art  side  of  photography. 

“Now  for  a moment  let  us  notice  some  of  the  uses  in  the  trades  and  in 
the  commerce  and  in  the  science  of  the  world.  A great  portion  of  the  goeds 
and  wares  made  to-day  are  sold  from  photographs.  The  field  of  usefulness 
is  broadening  each  year.  Stoves,  furniture,  clothing  and  thousands  of 
articles  I could  mention  are  sold  almost  exclusively  from  photographs.  The 
use  of  our  art  in  the  newspapers  and  magazines  of  the  world  is  indispensable. 
The  college  annual,  the  thousand  and  one  magazines  and  books,  all  look  to 
us  for  aid.  Take  the  scientific  world  and  we  come  in  for  our  share.  There 
is  the  X-Ray,  showing  often  the  location  of  the  bullet  or  a diseased  bone  or 
fractured  member  of  the  body,  thus  helping  the  physician  to  diagnose  his 
case.  With  the  aid  of  photography  the  heavens  are  laid  out  like  map- 
ping out  the  streets  in  a large  city.  The  projectile  or  bullets  from  the 
cannon  or  rifle  are  easily  photographed,  showing  the  wonderful  inventions 
of  Edison  and  others,  so  you  see  the  use  of  photography.  Millions  of  dollars 
are  spent  each  year  on  amusement  and  entertainments.  Look  at  the  part 
photography  plays  in  the  world’s  amusement  and  fun. 

“The  moving  pictures  entertain  and  instruct  and  furnish  amusement 
for  millions  of  people  every  day,  and  it  would  be  safe  to  say  that  $10  is 
spent  for  entertainment  and  amusement  in  the  ‘movies’  alone  for  every  dol 
lar  that  is  spent  for  photographs  in  your  town  or  city,  and  so  I could  go  on 
for  hours  naming  the  uses  that  photography  is  made  to  conserve.  Take  the 
illustrated  lecture  given  by  Mr.  Claudy,  showing  the  great  possibilities  of 
photography  as  applied  to  publications.  I refer  you  also  to  Mr.  Hance’s 


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illustrated  lecture  on  commercial  photography,  also  the  illustrated  lecture 
by  Miss  Simmons,  of  New  York,  showing  the  relation  of  art  in  composition 
and  the  use  of  light  and  shade  and  the  balance  of  light  as  applied  to  pho- 
tography. These  speak  with  more  force  than  your  committee  on  progress 
in  photography  could  hope  to  do,  and  we  predict  that  in  five  years  hence, 
the  moving  picture  will  play  an  active  part  in  the  world’s  advertising  meth- 
ods. Therefore,  we  report  wonderful  progress  along  all  lines  wherein  pho- 
tography touches,  so  that  even  to-day  the  world  could  not  get  along  nearly  so 
well  without  our  art. 

“The  field  of  at-home  portraiture  is  also  another  forward  move,  and  its 
scope  of  possibility  is  well-nigh  unlimited.  The  kodak  has  made  the  photog- 
rapher ‘sit  up  and  take  notice.’  Photography  has  become  an  educator  and 
helps  to  shape  the  thinking  of  the  world  to-day,  thus  making  us,  as  photog- 
raphers, educators  of  the  public  minds. 

“J.  L.  ClTSICK, 

“O.  W.  Cole.” 

(Motion  made  to  adopt  report,  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mb.  Core  (of  New  York)  : I would  like  to  say  a few  words.  (Ap- 
plause.) I really  owe  it  to  myself  and  to  you  to  appear  in  the  sense  of 
making  an  apology.  In  the  meeting  at  St.  Paul  it  was  very  strongly  urged 
that  the  convention  should  be  taken  to  Atlanta,  Ga.,  and  I tell  you  I feel  a 
good  deal  like  the  darkey  who  was  asked  to  stay  in  a house  that  was  sup- 
posed to  be  haunted.  He  was  put  there  and  was  to  stay  in  the  house  all 
night.  His  friends  wrent  away  and  left  him  there,  but  decided  to  go  down 
about  midnight  to  see  how  he  w7as  getting  along.  When  they  got  down  there 
he  was  outside,  and  when  they  talked  to  him  he  was  stuttering.  One  of  the 
party  said,  “Say,  Mose,  what  is  the  matter  with  you?”  He  said,  “Well,  I 
don’t  know,  I don’t  kind  of  like  it  in  there.”  “What  is  the  matter — are  you 
superstitious?”  “No,  I am  not  superstitious,  but  I am  sox-t  of  suspicion- 
anxious.” 

Nowt  that  is  a good  deal  the  way  I feel  about  Atlanta.  I owe  an 
apology  to  two  of  my  good  friends  here — Mr.  Holliday  and  Mr.  Ho] singer, 
because  I openly  antagonized  them  in  the  choice  of  Atlanta  as  a place  of 
meeting.  1 knew  how7  hard  it  is  to  get  a body  of  men  together  in  a photo- 
graphic convention.  I have  had  a little  experience  on  the  job.  I thought 
that  I knew  that  Atlanta  was  a hot  place  to  go  to  in  the  summer  time,  but 
I tell  you  I did  not  know  all  about  Tyree. 

Tyree  is  a man  whom  I met  several  years  ago,  and  right  away  some- 
thing in  the  man  appealed  to  me.  I felt  like  taking  him  right  into  my  arms 
and  calling  him  my  own. 

That,  though,  is  secondary  to  what  comes  to  me  now.  Tyree  has  not 
only  grown  in  my  love,  he  has  grown  in  the  love  of  every  one  of  you.  But 
Tyree  has  developed  a character  that  we  did  not  know7  anything  about. 
We  did  not  know  that  he  was  possessed  of  such  power,  such  fascination,  such 


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executive  ability.  Why  we  all  knew  that  Atlanta  was  hot,  but  just  as  soon 
as  Tyree  took  up  the  gavel  the  temperature  dropped  twenty-two  degrees. 
(Laughter.) 

Now  in  this  spirit  of  love,  it  is  my  great  pleasure — it  is  my  great 
pleasure  and  it  is  a great  honor  to  me  to  present  to  Mr.  Tyree,  our  beloved 
President,  on  behalf  of  the  Association,  a most  beautiful  watch,  whose  hands 
will  ever  (like  our  own)  in  his  presence  be  before  his  face  and  home,  and 
never  will  we  cease  to  love  him  until  our  hands  are  crossed  and  still.  When- 
ever he  looks  at  the  face  of  this  watch  he  will  be  reminded  that  the  friends 
who  gave  it  to  him  are  just  as  faithful  to  him  as  they  always  were.  It  will 
tell  him  the  “time”  that  he  has  them.  It  will  also  remind  him  of  the  time 
that  we  had  in  Atlanta.  (Applause.)  It  was  subscribed  for  from  those 
who  love  him.  It  bears  the  inscription:  “From  those  you  love  to  one  we 
love.”  I present  you  with  this  most  beautiful  watch.  (Applause.) 

By  President  Tyree:  My  good  friends.  There  is  a certain  animal 
that  always  travels  with  us,  that  we  can  usually  control,  but  sometimes  this 
animal  gets  to  where  we  cannot  control  it,  and  I am  afraid  that,  if  you  will 
allow  me  to  say  it,  the  presentation  of  this  beautiful  gift  to  me  has  gotten 
my  “goat.” 

Four  years  ago,  at  Milwaukee,  much  to  my  surprise,  they  made  me 
Secretary  of  your  Association.  This  is  a confession.  Up  to  that  time  I 
attended  the  conventions,  but  I attended  for  one  specific  purpose,  and  that 
was  to  have  a good  time.  1 didn’t  pay  much  attention  to  the  meetings.  I 
didn’t  care  much  of  anything  about  it,  but  I did  love  to  meet  the  people  who 
became  my  friends,  and  I loved  those  friends,  and  I could  not  stay  away 
from  the  conventions  on  that  account. 

I was  elected  Secretary  at  that  meeting,  and  from  that  time  my  interest 
in  the  Association  began  to  grow,  and  also  in  each  member ; and  I want  to  tell 
you  that  just  the  moment  a man  pays  his  money  in  the  box  office  for  Asso- 
ciation dues,  just  that  minute  he  has  grasped  the  key  that  has  opened  the 
heart  of  Manly  Tyree,  and  he  grows  in  my  heart  from  that  time  on. 

I love  every  one  of  you,  and  this  comes  from  my  heart.  I wish  that  I 
could  take  every  one  of  you  by  the  hand.  I appreciate  this  (watch),  it  is 
priceless,  and  I shall  always  wear  it  and  will  go  back  to  the  time  when  this 
gift  was  presented  to  me  in  such  beautiful  words.  I really  wish  that  I had 
sufficient  command  of  the  English  language  to  express  the  depth  of  my  feel- 
ings, but  I cannot;  I assure  you  I love  you  and  appreciate  this  from  the 
bottom  of  my  heart. 

By  Mr.  Core  : I beg  your  pardon  for  appearing  once  more,  but  really 
I forgot  the  very  best  part  of  the  speech.  There  used  to  be  an  old  proverb 
that  the  mothers  handed  down  to  their  daughters : “That  you  should  give 
your  cheek  to  your  friends  to  kiss,  but  save  your  lips  for  your  lover.”  If 
any  pretty  girl  has  ever  been  able  to  keep  that,  she  has  never  been  in  Tyree’s 
company. 


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By  President  Tyree:  I wish  to  say  right  now  there  is  not  a lady  in 
the  room  that  I would  not  feel  honored  to  kiss,  and  I dare  her  to  come  to  the 
platform. 

By  Mr.  Shriever  (of  Pennsylvania)  : Mr.  President,  and  Ladies  and 
Gentlemen:  This  is  indeed  a pleasant  occasion  when  the  love  and  esteem  of 
our  beloved  organization  expresses  itself  and  its  sentiment  in  such  a way  as 
this.  It  is  a great  privilege  to  be  selected  as  the  spokesman  of  the  “boys” 
in  presentation  of  the  love  and  respect  in  which  they  hold  you,  Mr.  Presi- 
dent. I can  well  realize  what  this  hour  means  to  you,  sir,  for  I shall  never 
forget  the  big  appreciation  that  welled  up  in  my  heart  when  I was  made  the 
recipient  of  the  same  expression  of  love  and  esteem  they  are  extending  to 
you  to-day. 

The  boys  have  remembered  your  expression  at  that  time,  when  you  said : 
“My  God,  if  I could  go  out  of  office  this  year  with  the  same  place  in  the 
hearts  of  the  boys  as  Jim,  I would  be  the  happiest  man  in  the  world.”  It 
was  resolved  then  that  you  should.  They  have  asked  me  to  represent  them 
and  to  present  you  with  this  beautiful  chain.  May  each  link  of  its  precious 
metal  ever  remind  you  of  your  friends,  the  boys.  (Applause.) 

(Mr.  Shriever  presented  a gold  and  platinum  chain  and  a gold  pen- 
knife. ) 

By  President  Tyree:  Well,  now  that  first  present  was  not  such  a sur- 
prise, because  that  has  been  going  on  for  years,  but  this  last  one — I wasn’t 
expecting  anything  like  that.  That  was  a very  fortunate  remark  I made, 
but  I did  mean  that  from  the  bottom  of  my  heart. 

I never  sawr  such  love,  such  esteem,  such  honor,  as  was  shown  to  Jim 
Shriever  in  his  own  State  at  Scranton ; and  it  was  a revelation  to  me  of  what 
work  and  sincerity  would  do  for  a man.  And  I want  to  say  that  everything 
I have  done,  every  sacrifice  I have  made  for  the  Association,  for  the  work, 
every  criticism  that  I have  received,  every  shot  that  was  aimed  at  me,  and 
every  blow  that  I got — well,  it  is  worth  it  I thought,  if  I can  go  out  of  office 
with  the  same  love  that  they  had  for  Jim  Shriever,  and  now  this  chain  is 
given  to  me. 

I appreciate  it  in  connection  with  my  other  beautiful  present,  and  I 
think  those  boys  mean  it.  I feel  that  you  feel  that  way  about  me,  and  I 
want  to  tell  you  that  I believe  it  in  my  heart. 

Now  next  year,  when  I am  a co-worker,  when  I am  marked  down  to 
“39  cents,”  I don’t  want  you  to  turn  up  your  noses  at  me.  (Applause.) 

By  Mr.  Shriever  ( of  Pennsylvania ) : Again,  Mr.  President,  I have  an 
added  pleasure  for  you.  The  generous  firm  of  Sprague-Hathaway  Com- 
pany, which  has  had  on  exhibition  at  their  booth  a splendid  portrait  of  you, 
that  has  been  much  admired,  have  requested  me,  through  you,  sir,  to  present 
it  to  your  wife  as  a token  of  their  esteem  and  regard. 

By  President  Tyree  : Everything  is  coming  mv  way  this  morning. 
Now  I certainly  do  appreciate  this  heartily,  coming  from  Sprague-Hath- 


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By  PIRIE  MacDONALD 
New  York 


away  Company ; I appreciate  it  because  it  is  such  a good-looking  picture  of 
me.  You  know  it  was  taken  a few  years  ago. 

When  Mr.  Elwell  was  visiting  me  in  Raleigh  he  asked  me  for  a nega- 
tive of  myself.  I am  so  used  to  having  the  magazines  request  pictures  of  me 
since  I have  been  a celebrity  (laughter)  that  I didn’t  give  it  any  thought. 
The  only  thing  I told  the  receptionist  to  do  was  to  select  the  best  looking 
negative  I had.  She  thought  this  was  a good-looking  picture  of  me,  and 
so  do  I. 

I heartily  appreciate  this  in  my  own  name  and  in  the  name  of  Mrs. 
Tyree.  Right  now  I wish  to  say  that  Mrs.  Tyree  fully  expected  to  be  here, 
but  she  received  a letter  from  an  aunt  of  hers  in  Kentucky,  that  she  had  not 
seen  for  ten  years,  stating  she  was  coming  to  visit  her.  It  was  either  miss 
the  convention  or  miss  seeing  the  aunt,  but  next  year  she  will  be  with  you 
at  Indianapolis,  as  will  our  daughter  of  sweet  sixteen,  whom  I wish  to  pre- 
sent to  you.  I have  missed  Mrs.  Tyree  here  a good  deal  this  week.  I ap- 
preciate this  gift  very  much  indeed,  I assure  you. 

By  Mrs.  Wootten:  Mr.  President,  I was  worried  a good  deal  this 
morning  because  I was  asked  to  talk.  While  I do  love  to  talk  and  I wanted 
to  talk  to  you,  I knew  when  I got  up  here  I was  going  to  be  awfully  fright- 
ened, because  I have  never  talked  to  a body  that  was  as  representative  as 
you  are — men  of  intelligence  and  women  of  ability. 

So  I got  together  about  what  I thought  I would  say,  and  came  over  to 
the  hall  and  thought  I would  say  it  over  to  myself.  But  I saw  two  members 
I knew',  and  I caught  them  by  the  buttonhole  and  started  to  give  them 
my  spoil.  I had  not  any  more  than  got  started  than  one  of  them  jerked 
away  and  ran  away  just  as  fast  as  he  could  go.  That  kind  of  worried  me 
for  a minute.  I though  perhaps  the  whole  National  Association  might  get 
up  and  run  away  when  I started;  and  when  I got  to  thinking  you  couldn’t  all 
get  out  of  the  door  at  one  time,  I thought  maybe  I would  have  a chance  to 
talk.  And  I was  happy. 

I do  love  to  talk,  but  there  is  one  thing  I love  to  do  better.  There  is 
one  thing  that  brings  me  a joy  I cannot  quite  explain;  that  is,  when  I have 
the  privilege  of  telling  a woman  that  she  has  done  superlatively  well,  some- 
thing better  than  perhaps  anybody  else  could  do  it.  And  when  I was  asked 
to  present  this  beautiful  loving  cup  as  a token  of  affection  from  all  of  the 
people  that  have  attended  this  convention  to  Pearl  Grace  Loehr,  retiring 
President  of  the  Women’s  Federation,  I was  indeed  happy. 

Pearl  Grace  Loehr  is  a big  woman,  and  a capable  woman,  a master  in 
her  chosen  work  at  home  portraiture.  She  has  done  more  for  ihe  women 
photographers  of  America  than  perhaps  any  other  woman,  unless  it  is  Mary 
Carnell  and  Katherine  Jamieson.  She  has  made  the  little  woman  feel  that 
she  had  a place  at  home  among  us.  She  has  trained  many  w'omen  w orkers ; 
and  it  is  certainly  an  honor  and  a pleasure  to  be  asked  to  present  this  to 
Miss  Loehr  as  a token  of  affection  from  us  all.  (Applause.) 


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Miss  Loehr  (Applause):  For  this  beautiful  cup  there  are  so  many 
grand  things  I should  say,  but  there  is  only  one  simple  thing  I can  say.  I 
thank  you. 

(President  Tyree  then  made  the  announcements  of  the  day.  and  the 
meeting  stood  adjourned  to  meet  again  on  Saturday  morning  at  10  o’clock.) 


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Saturday  Morning  Session,  June  20,  1914 

11.00  o’clock 

Meeting  called  to  order  at  11  a.  m.  try  President  Tyree. 

(Note. — This  meeting  was  very  informal,  there  was  a good  deal  of 
noise  going  on,  and  it  was  conducted  more  in  the  nature  of  conversations 
than  anything  else,  and  the  stenographer  does  not  give  the  following  as  an 
absolutely  verbatim  report,  but  more  in  the  nature  of  a synopsis  of  what  was 
done.) 

By  President  Tyree  (addressing  the  manufacturers)  : Did  you  find 
that  our  program  this  year  was  taking  up  so  much  time  that  you  could  not 
do  business? 

By  a Manufacturer  : I had  all  the  time  I needed  to  do  business,  and 
I talked  myself  sick,  and  I did  all  the  business  that  I could  expect. 

By  Mr.  Salzgeber  : I have  not  heard  any  complaints,  so  far  as  we  were 
concerned.  We  were  visitors  any  way. 

By  Mr.  Fell:  We  had  plenty  of  time,  Mr.  Tyree. 

By  Mr.  Blum  : I am  well  satisfied  with  the  promises  that  have  been 
made  to  me  for  future  business. 

By  the  President:  There  has  been  a complaint  in  the  past  that  the 
program  took  up  so  much  time  and  tired  the  people  out  so,  that  when  it  came 
to  the  time  allowed  to  the  manufacturers  they  didn’t  have  anybody  to  do 
business  with.  This  year,  notwithstanding  the  officers  tried  their  very  best 
to  hold  down  the  program,  we  had  a program  that  was  complete  all  the  time. 
I want  the  manufacturers  and  dealers  to  understand  that  the  officers  of  the 
Association  appreciate  your  co-operation  and  the  support  you  have  given 
them.  It  is  a support  that  we  do  not  want  to  do  without,  and  we  could  not 
do  without  it.  This  is  your  convention  as  well  as  our  convention,  and  if 
you  have  any  complaint — make  it,  or  if  you  have  any  suggestions  that  you 
can  offer  that  will  help  us  in  the  future,  every  officer  will  thank  you  for  it. 
We  want  to  see  all  sides  in  order  to  make  this  convention  a success.  If  you 
do  business  and  are  successful,  we  feel  better  and  it  makes  us  more  suc- 
cessful. If  there  are  any  suggestions  from  the  manufacturers  or  dealers  I 
certainly  would  like  to  hear  them. 

By  Some  One  Present:  There  is  one  thing  that  I think  would  help.  A 
great  deal  of  the  time  we  do  not  have  any  one  to  talk  to,  and  it  is  in  the 
earlier  part  of  the  session.  They  seem  to  be  timid  and  hold  back,  and  if  there 
was  some  way  that  we  could  get  to  showing  our  wares  earlier  in  the  term,  I 
would  like  it. 

By  President  Tyree:  That  brings  up  a question  I would  like  to  ask 
about.  Since  this  Congress  has  taken  over  the  legislation  of  the  Association, 
we  only  really  have  two  open  meetings.  This  time  it  happened  on  Monday 
and  Friday.  That  is,  meetings  of  the  entire  membership.  Of  course,  you 


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are  all  welcome  to  Congress,  but  only  two  meetings  that  are  really  your 
meetings.  This  body  should  be  brought  together  every  morning  for  five 
minutes  to  announce  the  program  for  the  day.  As  a rule,  we  hold  our  morn- 
ing sessions  at  10  o’clock.  Maybe  that  is  too  early. 

By  Mr.  Loeb  : Let  me  make  a suggestion  that  has  more  to  do  with  the 
psychology  of  sales  than  the  actual  sales.  The  men  coming  to  the  conven- 
tions I generally  find  are  rather  indifferent,  because  they  don’t  feel  at  home. 
I am  not  speaking  of  those  who  come  to  the  conventions  regularly,  but  the 
others.  I wonder  if  there  isn’t  some  way  to  make  them  feel  at  home  earlier 
in  the  week.  You  cannot  do  any  business  until  they  limber  up,  as  it  were. 
But  after  this  feeling  of  timidity  is  over  there  is  a feeling  of  good  fellowship 
and  it  brings  an  acquaintance  between  the  manufacturers  and  dealers,  and 
the  different  members  of  the  organization.  When  this  ice  is  broken  we  com- 
mence to  do  business.  Right  at  the  beginning  of  the  session  why  can  we  not 
have  a foolscap  idea  of  some  kind  and  make  everybody  feel  perfectly  easy  and 
natural.  It  will  make  us  all  boys  and  girls  again.  I have  found  it  is  ef- 
fective in  business.  It  would  also  bring  a large  attendance  on  the  first  day, 
and  we  would  commence  to  accomplish  business  right  away.  We  dealers 
largely  have  the  same  goods,  and  after  you  are  acquainted  it  is  merely  a mat- 
ter of  salesmanship.  Therefore,  if  we  can  begin  the  program  with  some  sort 
of  a jollification,  it  will  help  us  out  wonderfully. 

By  Mr.  Tyree  : That  is  the  most  valuable  idea  that  I have  yet  received. 

By  Emme  Gerhard:  The  first  evening,  or  early  in  the  week,  say  on 
Monday  night,  why  not  have  a great  big  banquet.  At  our  convention  we 
did  that,  and  we  had  350  members  at  the  convention  in  Missouri,  and  it 
broke  the  ice  and  made  us  all  feel  acquainted.  We  got  them  together  the 
very  first  night. 

By  C.  O.  Towi.es:  Why  wouldn’t  it  be  a good  suggestion  for  this  con- 
vention to  inaugurate  a carnival  day.  Start  right  off  in  the  morning  with 
a carnival  and  finish  that  night  with  a banquet.  In  my  convention  experi- 
ence, which  covers  some  years,  I want  to  say  to  you  that  there  is  not  any 
feature  that  brings  a body  of  people  together  and  enthuses  them  and  makes 
them  acquainted  like  a banquet.  We  have  tried  that  thing  out  a good  many 
times.  You  get  acquainted  through  fun  and  foolishness  more  quickly  than  in 
any  other  way. 

I believe  if  the  Executive  Board  of  next  year  would  work  out  a program 
somewhat  like  this,  select  one  day  early  in  the  week  and  start  it  off  as  a 
carnival,  and  let  every  manufacturer  decorate  his  booth,  and  buy  a couple 
thousand  pieces  of  foolish  head  gear,  let  everybody  catch  the  spirit  of  the 
thing,  and  wind  it  up  with  a banquet,  I believe  it  would  produce  a feeling  of 
enthusiasm  that  you  could  not  get  in  any  other  way,  and  I believe  it  is  a 
proper  thing.  (Applause.) 

Bi'  President  Tyree:  I don’t  believe  we  can  estimate  the  value  of  these 
suggestions.  I think  they  are  dandy,  I do.  A great  big  carnival  with  a 
banquet  following  will  break  the  ice.  The  reason  for  the  officers’  reception  is 


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not  that  we  want  to  stand  in  line  and  receive,  because  we  are  officers  or  any- 
thing like  that,  but  it  is  to  break  the  ice.  That  was  the  idea  of  the  officers’ 
reception  on  Monday  night ; it  was  to  get  people  to  become  acquainted 
quicker.  These  suggestions  are  fine.  The  officers’  reception  is  too  formal. 
In  these  conventions  so  many  people  are  timid,  but  if  we  can  get  them  started 
off  right  they  will  be  all  right. 

By  Somebody:  I suggest  that  the  Association  furnish  every  member 
with  a card  with  his  name  on  it,  or  so  he  can  write  his  name  on  it,  and  in 
such  a way  that  everybody  can  read  it. 

By  President  Tyree:  The  Rotary  idea.  That  is  the  best  idea  so  far. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana)  : Just  a little  suggestion.  As  you  are 
going  to  hold  your  next  convention  in  Indiana,  which  is  my  State — and  I 
don’t  want  to  brag  on  it  (they  havn’t  so  much  to  brag  about),  except  for 
two  things.  They  have  one  of  the  finest  things  of  its  kind  in  the  world,  that 
is  their  automobile  track ; another  thing  that  they  have  is  this : They  have 
the  most  magnificent  artificial  bathing  pool  in  the  world;  this  pool  is  900  feet 
long  and  400  feet  wide,  and  it  will  hold  more  than  ten  thousand  people. 
There  is  a possibility  there,  if  you  want  to  get  close  to  your  neighbor  in  a 
carnival,  I believe  you  could  do  it  in  the  water  pretty  fine. 

By  President  Tyree:  I just  want  to  ask  if  anybody  wants  to 

make  a suggestion;  if  you  do,  don’t  go  any  further  than  Mr.  Larrimer  has 
gone.  There  has  got  to  be  a limit  to  such  things. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer:  I think  if  you  would  hold  a reception  in  the  bathing- 
pool  it  would  be  a success. 

By  President  Tyree  : The  trouble  with  Mr.  Larrimer  is  that  he  went 
to  see  Neptune’s  Daughter  last  night,  and  he  wants  to  hold  the  convention 
in  Bermuda.  But  I want  to  tell  you  that  these  suggestions  are  fine  indeed, 
and  it  is  the  very  thing  ive  want  to  know. 

By  Mr.  Rich  : I am  not  a manufacturer,  but  I have  a personal  view- 
point. Personally  I don’t  have  as  much  time  with  them  (the  manufacturers) 
as  I would  like.  There  was  more  for  me  to  see  probably  than  for  the  rest 
of  you.  I tried  to  take  in  all  the  paper  demonstrations,  and  I did  not  get 
acquainted  with  the  manufacturers.  I think  we  should  have  a half  a day  for 
that  purpose.  In  that  way  they  could  demonstrate  to  us,  and  they  could 
just  as  well  do  it  to  fifteen  or  twenty  as  to  two  or  three  at  a time. 

By  Mrs.  Price  : Why  wouldn’t  it  he  a good  idea  to  have  no  printed 
program,  but  to  make  your  announcement  each  day?  Then  the  members 
would  have  to  stay  around  for  fear  they  would  miss  something  they  would 
want  to  hear.  When  we  would  get  through  with  one  thing,  then  we  could 
announce  the  next  thing,  and  so  on.  You  could  keep  your  crowd  around 
better,  because  as  it  is  they  decide  it  is  going  to  be  so-and-so  and  decide  they 
can  afford  to  miss  that  and  leave.  But  this  other  way,  they  would  not  leave 
for  fear  they  would  miss  something  they  would  want  to  hear  or  see. 

By  President  Tyree  : Another  idea ; keep  them  in  doubt.  More 

Rotary. 


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By  Mr.  Fell:  On  behalf  of  the  manufacturers  I desire  to  express  our 
thanks  to  the  Board,  and  particularly  to  John  I.  Hoffman,  with  whom  we 
have  come  more  closely  in  contact,  for  his  courteous  and  kind  conduct  toward 
us  during  this  convention.  Isn’t  that  right,  boys?  (Applause.) 

By  President  Tyree:  On  behalf  of  the  Board  of  Officers  and  our  new 
Secretary,  Mr.  Hoffman,  I want  to  tell  you  that  we  feel  deeply  indebted  to 
every  one  of  you  good  fellows  who  came  here  and  helped  us  out,  and  put  up 
your  beautiful  displays.  We  are  very  proud  of  them,  and  we  are  especially 
proud  of  your  friendship.  I thank  you. 

By  Mr.  Chambers:  I would  suggest  next  year  that,  to  get  a complete 
record  and  list  of  names  of  those  attending,  a clerk  be  employed  to  do 
this.  In  the  National  Daily  fully  20  per  cent,  of  the  names  are  wrong,  owing 
to  the  illegibility  of  the  signatures.  Your  bank  can  recognize  it,  but  the 
printer  doesn’t  know  you  and  could  not  make  out  your  writing.  There’s 
nobody  to  blame  if  your  name  is  wrong  in  the  list  but  yourselves. 

By  Mr.  Holliday  (of  North  Carolina)  : It  has  made  my  heart  warm, 
and  I am  glad  to  have  seen  the  good  spirit  that  has  prevailed  in  this  whole 
convention,  and  especially  was  that  shown  yesterday.  The  best  laid  plans 
of  men  and  mice  cannot  always  go  aright.  However,  while  I cannot  say  it 
in  just  the  way  I would  like,  this  feeling  prevails  and  the  atmosphere  will 
make  up  for  any  deficiency  of  mine  in  expressing  my  meaning.  I wish  I could 
express  what  I have  to  say  in  a better  manner,  but  I will  do  the  best  that  I 
can. 

We  wish  to  convey  to  you,  sir,  our  appreciation  of  the  manner  in  which 
the  Board  has  served  us  so  faithfully  during  the  past  year,  and  we  wish  to 
remember  particularly  the  one  who  is  retiring  from  it  just  at  this  time,  who 
has  given  of  his  time,  and  has  served  most  faithfully.  He  is  held  in  high 
esteem  by  every  member  of  the  Association,  and  we  wish  this  morning  to  pre- 
sent him  with  a token  of  our  love  for  him.  I refer  to  Mr.  Harden.  Will  he 
come  forward  please? 

(Mr.  Harden  came  forward  amid  applause;  stenographer  unable  to  hear 
the  balance  of  Mr.  Holliday’s  remarks  so  as  to  report  them  accurately.) 

I wish  to  present  to  you  on  behalf  of  the  members  of  the  Association 
and  of  the  manufacturers,  from  each  and  every  one  of  us,  this  token  of  our 
esteem,  and  we  trust  that  you  will  accept  it  in  the  spirit  that  it  is  given,  and 
that  when  you  look  at  it  in  the  future  it  will  bring  to  you  recollections  of  the 
sincere  regard  in  which  we  hold  you. 

(Mr.  Holliday  presented  a diamond  studded  gold  match  box.) 

By  Mr.  Harden  : I want  to  look  at  this,  not  as  a pad  for  the  toe  of  a 
boot,  but  as  I believe  it  is  an  expression  of  friendship  from  my  friends.  I 
thank  you.  (Applause.) 

By  President  Tyree  : I am  very  glad  indeed  that  we  held  this  meeting 
this  morning.  I think  it  has  paid  you  fellows  to  stop  your  hammering  long 
enough  to  come  in  here  as  I requested  you  to.  I assure  you  the  courtesy  is 
deeply  appreciated.  Personally,  I think  your  remarks  are  most  valuable,  and 


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that  is  the  way  to  get  results.  The  exchange  of  ideas  is  the  only  way  by 
which  we  can  progress.  I believe,  if  we  follow  some  of  the  suggestions, 
that  next  year  we  will  have  the  best  convention  we  have  ever  had. 

By  Mr.  Goodhart:  Owing  to  the  fact  that  possibly  four  or  five  years 
ago  I was  quite  anxious  to  get  the  convention  to  come  to  Atlanta  (though  I 
failed  to  get  them  here  then)  I talked  to  the  manufacturers  all  over  the 
country  about  the  possibility  of  their  coming  here,  I believe  that  I am  now 
due  for  an  expression  of  thanks  in  that  you  have  now  come  to  Atlanta.  I 
told  the  people  of  the  South  that  you  were  coming,  and  the  boys  said  they 
would  come,  and  this  Atlanta  convention,  backed  up  by  the  manufacturers, 
has  been  a surprise  to  them.  They  have  asked  time  and  time  again  what  the 
convention  would  do  for  them,  and  they  certainly  have  been  shown  by  this 
splendid  convention,  with  its  wonderful  support  and  magnificent  displays— 
the  best  that  we  have  ever  had  at  a convention,  I think.  I want  to  say  for 
the  South,  to  the  manufacturers,  that  we  are  thoroughly  pleased  by  the  wray 
in  which  you  have  backed  up  this  National  Convention.  I think  the  boys 
enjoyed  themselves. 

We  are  going  to  bring  from  the  South  a big  delegation  next  year  to 
Indianapolis  to  show  you  that  we  are  glad  you  came  here. 

By  President  Tyree:  Frank  Jewell  Raymond  says  “we  only  use  one- 
thirtieth  of  one-thirtieth  of  our  brain  power.”  There  is  no  doubt  in  the 
world  but  what  Mr.  Raymond  is  right.  Mr.  Goodhart  is  the  one  individual 
who  is  responsible  for  us  being  in  Atlanta  this  week.  I want  to  say  for  him 
that  when  we  saw  him  in  Kansas  City  we  followed  him  to  Atlanta.  They 
have  made  good  down  here,  and  they  have  given  us  their  assistance,  and  I 
will  say  that  the  Local  Committee  has  co-operated  with  us.  In  fact,  they 
went  so  fast  I could  not  keep  up  with  them,  and  I had  a darned  hard  fight 
with  that  man  Goodhart.  He  has  more  ideas  than  any  individual  I ever  saw. 
He  is  the  one  who  is  responsible  for  this. 

By  Mr.  Feel:  Mr.  President,  I move  three  cheers  for  Atlanta,  the  En- 
tertainment Committee  and  Mr.  Goodhart. 

(Three  cheers  given  and  the  meeting  stood  adjourned,  sine  die.) 


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Illustrated  Lecture  : “Photographs  for  Publication ’’ 


C.  H.  CLAUDY,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

A small  boy  at  boarding  school  received  from  home  a jar  of  brandied 
peaches.  With  it  was  a letter  directing  him  to  eat  the  fruit,  but  not  to  drink 
the  liquid  in  which  they  were  preserved.  The  small  boy  disobeyed,  and  not 
only  ate  the  peaches,  but  drank  the  liquor.  Then  he  became  conscience 
stricken,  and  desired  to  acknowledge  his  disobedience,  but  feared  that,  if  he 
did,  there  would  be  no  repetitions  of  the  gift.  Finally  he  solved  the  problem 
by  writing  home  as  follows : 

“Dear  Mother  : 

“I  enjoyed  the  peaches  very  much.  I want  to  tell  you  that  I 
appreciated  not  only  the  fruit,  but  the  spirit  in  which  it  was  sent.” 

Like  the  small  boy,  I appreciate  your  kindly  welcome,  as  much  for  the 
spirit  in  which  you  give  it  as  for  the  fact  of  your  applause,  because  the  title 
of  my  talk  must  be  in  the  nature  of  a mystery  to  many  of  you. 

My  understanding  of  the  reason  for  being  in  business  is  that  of  a desire 
to  make  money.  Any  method,  then,  by  which  any  business  man  may  add  to 
his  income  legitimately  and  honestly,  is  a good  method.  Fully  understanding 
that  the  main  business  of  those  who  make  portraits  by  photography  for  a 
living  is  to  make  portraits,  it  seems,  nevertheless,  that  there  should  be  no 
prejudice  against  any  branch  of  photography  which  will  bring  in  the  dollars. 

There  are  in  the  United  States  between  twenty-two  and  twenty-three 
thousand  different  periodicals.  The  majority  of  these  are  illustrated.  The 
majority  of  the  illustrations  are  originally  photographs.  Somebody  makes 
those  photographs.  Somebody  buys  those  photographs.  Somebody  pays 
money  for  those  photographs. 

It  is  this  variety  of  photography  about  which  I am  to  tell  you  and  this 
money  of  which  you  can  get  a part. 

It  would  be  beyond  my  powers  to  attempt  to  explain  in  an  hour  the 
whole  story  of  the  business  either  of  making  or  selling  photographs  for  pub- 
lication. The  market  is  before  you,  in  the  many  publications,  the  publishers 
of  calendars,  of  post  cards,  of  novelty  pictures,  in  the  advertisers  who  use 
each  year  more  and  more  photographs.  The  only  way  to  sell  goods  is,  first, 
to  have  the  goods  to  sell,  and  next,  to  show  the  goods  to  the  customer.  If 
you  have  the  idea,  and  work  it  out,  the  selling  problem  is  the  least  difficult 
of  all.  And  as  there  are  several  pamphlets  published  on  the  subject,  giving 
the  names  and  addresses  of  periodical  and  other  publishers  who  buy  photo- 
graphs, I will  not  dwell  further  on  that  side  of  the  subject  now. 

Nor  must  the  photographic  questions  involved  occupy  much  time. 
While  it  is  ti  Tie  that  the  expert  illustrator  with  a camera,  and  the  strictly 


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By  JAMES  W.  PORTER 
Youngstown.  Ohio 


news  photographer,  usually  use  special  instruments  and  become  proficient 
in  both  personal  nerve  and  in  speed  work,  such  helps  are  not  necessities.  Any 
camera  will  do  for  most  work — several  of  the  most  effective  pictures  which 
will  shortly  be  projected  wrere  made  with  the  smallest  and  most  inexpensive 
of  hand  cameras. 

When  all  is  said  and  done,  the  thing  which  counts  in  making  photo- 
graphs for  publication  is  not  photographic  ability,  but  brains.  Any  child 
can  press  a button.  Those  who  “do  the  rest”  are  on  every  street  corner. 
What  the  editor,  the  publisher  and  the  advertiser  wrant  from  you  is  not 
photographic  skill  alone,  but  your  brains,  your  ideas,  your  inner  vision, 
translated  in  black  and  white  by  means  of  your  skill  with  the  camera. 

It  is  no  part  of  my  intention  to  advise  any  one  to  leave  studio  work 
and  engage  exclusively  in  making  photographs  for  publication.  But  few 
photographers  are  so  busy  as  never  to  have  any  spare  time,  and  none  so 
isolated  that  they  do  not  have  the  opportunity,  from  time  to  time,  of  making 
those  pictures  for  which  various  periodicals  are  willing  to  pay  good  prices. 

As  a rule,  from  two  to  five  dollars  is  paid  by  a magazine  or  a news- 
paper for  a single  print.  Four  to  ten  prints  are  frequently  used  to  illus- 
trate one  article,  so  it  is  not  uncommon  to  realize  from  twenty  to  forty 
dollars  for  a single  set  of  prints,  made  all  at  the  same  time.  Moreover,  these 
pictures  do  not  necessarily  lose  their  marketability  with  one  sale.  A newTs 
picture  is  seldom  salable  more  than  once — a purely  illustrative  picture,  how  - 
ever, may  sell  many  times  to  different  publications  over  a term  of  years.  Ad- 
vertisers and  art  companies  pay  from  ten  to  one  hundred  dollars  for  prints, 
and  magazines  will  pay  prices  as  large,  if  the  goods  justify  the  expense. 

I do  not  wish  to  attempt  to  add  a financial  interest  to  the  subject  it 
does  not  possess.  I do  not  think  the  average  portrait  photographer  can 
make  any  fortune  by  making  news  or  illustrative  pictures  at  odd  times.  I do 
know  that  he  can  make  additional  money,  often  easy  money,  by  the  use  of  his 
camera  in  combination  with  eyes  and  brains,  and  it  is  my  belief  that  he  who 
can  add  to  his  income,  whether  he  adds  ten  or  a thousand  dollars  in  a year, 
and  fails  to  do  it,  is  either  rich  or  foolish  ! 

The  pictures  shortly  to  be  shown  you  upon  the  screen  are  fair  examples 
of  illustrative  photography.  But  I do  not  wish  you  to  gain  the  impression 
that  this  collection  is  representative  of  all  the  many  varieties  of  pictures 
which  are  salable  to  publications,  or  that,  because  you  have  not  the  oppor- 
tunity to  make  the  duplicates  of  these,  therefore  illustrative  photography  is 
not  for  you.  On  the  contrary,  these  pictures  represent  but  the  bare  outline 
of  the  field  of  w'ork  which  is  before  you.  If  they  serve  to  illustrate  the  points 
I shall  try  to  make,  they  will  serve  their  purpose,  and  the  fact  that  similar 
opportunities  may  be  beyond  the  reach  of  some  photographers  is  no  reason 
for  discouragement.  Opportunities  lie  everywhere. 

That  the  pictures  might  possess  a greater  appeal  than  if  they  were  the 
work  of  one  man,  I have  borrowed  freely  from  many  sources.  And  I trust 
you  will  bear  w ith  me  for  a moment  if  I give  public  thanks  to  those  who  have 


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supplied  me  with  material  for  the  projection  which  I assure  you  is  about  to 
begin.  I would  make  my  acknowledgments  to  J.  Ellsworth  Gross,  of  Chi- 
cago, for  slides  of  advertising  pictures ; to  the  Eastman  Kodak  Company 
for  many  action  pictures,  all  made  with  some  variety  of  kodak;  to  my  friend, 
Colonel  T.  C.  Northcott,  for  a picture  of  Luray  Caverns ; to  the  Multi- 
Speed  Shutter  Company  for  slides  of  guns ; to  my  friend  Folmer,  of  Folmer 
& Schwing,  for  many  slides  from  Graflex  negatives ; to  Frank  V.  Chambers, 
of  The  Camera  and  Bulletin  of  Photography,  for  flowers  and  sheep;  to  Wil- 
fred A.  French,  of  the  Photo  Era,  for  travel  pictures;  to  Country  Life  in 
America  for  a slide  of  one  of  its  covers,  and  last,  but  by  no  means  least,  to 
your  past  President  and  my  good  friend,  George  W.  Harris,  for  supplying 
me  with  news  pictures. 

Therefore,  if  the  pictures  please  you,  you  will  kindly  give  me  the  credit 
for  having  collected  them.  If  they  do  not  interest  you,  you  know  now  the 
various  people  whom  you  must  blame ! 

Photographs  designed  for  publication  can  be  broadly  divided  into  two 
great  classes,  which  may  be  denominated  News  Pictures  and  those  which  are 
merely  Illustrative  without  news  value.  The  two  classes  are  usually  fairly 
distinct — occasionally  a picture  falls  in  both.  Often  a picture  which  has 
real  news  value  continues  alive  in  the  illustrative  field — more  seldom,  a purely 
illustrative  picture  develops  news  value  later  on. 

Because  the  opportunity  for  making  a news  picture  comes  more  seldom 
to  the  operator  who  sticks  to  his  studio  than  does  the  chance  to  make  purely 
illustrative  pictures,  I shall  pay  the  less  attention  to  the  news  side  of  the 
question,  and  deal  with  it  first.  If  the  lanternist  will  kindly  oblige.  (Here 
Mr.  Claudy  commented  upon  the  slides  shown. ) 

America-' T rent . — Here  is  a typical  news  picture.  It  is  that  of  the  air- 
ship America,  which  you  will  recall  set  forth  upon  what  was  to  be  an  ill- 
fated  voyage  for  Europe  some  time  ago.  After  various  adventures,  the  life 
began  to  go  from  the  good  airship  America,  and  she  drooped  lowrer  and  lower 
toward  the  hungry  sea  beneath.  The  passengers  of  the  Trent  were  inter- 
ested, as  you  may  believe,  in  the  antics  of  the  ship  of  the  air,  which  l’ose  and 
dipped  and  rose  again,  and  seemed  in  such  sore  distress.  I cannot  think 
they  were  as  pleased  with  the  America,  however,  as  were  the  crew  of  the 
America  writh  the  appearance  of  the  Trent!  However,  that  may  be,  as  you 
all  know,  the  America  was  abandoned,  her  crew  rescued,  even  to  the  cat,  and 
no  harm  was  done  save  the  loss  of  the  airship  and  the  disappointment  of  her 
owners.  One  of  the  passengers  upon  the  Trent  had  the  forethought  to  turn 
his  camera  upon  the  struggling  airship,  which  picture  later  became  of  intense 
interest  to  all  the  world,  showing,  as  it  did,  the  actual  scene  of  the  first 
rescue  of  a ship  of  the  air  by  a ship  of  the  sea. 

This  picture  is  of  international  news  interest.  Sharply  contrasted  with 
it  is  this  picture: 

Fire  Scene,  in  Street. — Which  has  a purely  local  news  value,  unless,  in- 
deed, in  such  a fire  so  many  lose  their  lives  as  to  make  the  scene  of  interest 


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at  large.  Pictures  of  this  kind  are  to  be  made  by  any  of  you  who  will  re- 
spond to  an  alarm,  and  in  cities  in  which  the  local  papers  are  not  sufficiently 
large  to  support  a photographer  of  their  own,  such  views  should  sell  for  more 
than  enough  to  pay  for  the  trouble  of  making  them,  not  to  speak  of  the 
interest  which  can  be  excited  in  your  show  case  by  displaying  such  views,  to- 
gether with  others  of  its  like. 

Fire  Engine , with  Steam. — This  photograph,  while  more  striking  from 
the  pictorial  standpoint  than  the  one  which  has  just  passed  from  the  screen, 
is  in  no  sense  a news  picture.  It  might  be  any  fire  engine,  at  any  fire.  It 
represents  a very  common  mistake  made  by  the  beginner  in  news  photog- 
raphy. It  is  an  excellent  thing  to  have  an  eye  for  the  beautiful  and  the 
striking,  and  to  make  one’s  news  pictures  both,  if  possible.  But  when  beauty 
is  the  main  thing  pictured,  news  value  is  usually  conspicuous  by  its  absence, 
as  in  this  interesting  picture  of  a fire  engine  blowing  off  steam. 

Broken  Wall. — While  on  the  subject  of  fire  pictures,  look  at  this  ex- 
ample of  news  photography.  It  is  remarkable  only  in  that  the  maker  of  the 
picture  has  been  clever  enough  to  see  that  the  damage  done  in  this  fire  is 
going  to  be  a large  part  of  the  story.  Hence  he  made  not  only  pictures  from 
the  street,  showing  the  firemen  at  work,  but  climbed  to  the  top  of  a building 
across  the  way,  to  make  a view  which  would  show  most  plainly  the  disastrous 
effect  of  flame  and  water  upon  the  gutted  building.  It  is  a point  worth 
noting,  not  only  in  fire  pictures,  but  in  all  sorts  of  news  pictures  which  allow 
a few  minutes’  time  to  the  photographer,  that  the  point  of  view  is  important 
here,  even  as  it  is  in  the  studio,  although  the  underlying  reasons  are  entirely 
different. 

Wilson  in  Congress. — The  news  picture  is  as  often  concerned  with  per- 
sons as  with  things — more  often  made  of  people  in  the  public  eye  at  their 
work  and  play  than  any  other  variety  of  news  picture.  Here  is  the  President 
of  the  United  States  delivering  his  message  to  Congress  assembled  upon  the 
Mexican  question.  It  is  a news  picture  of  intense  interest,  and  one  which  was 
widely  published  in  both  newspapers  and  magazines  at  the  time.  Of  course, 
few  photographers  have  the  opportunity  to  make  pictures  of  the  President. 
But  the  point  I wish  to  make  is  not  inherent  in  any  one  man.  Every  State 
has  a governor,  every  city  has  some  prominent  citizens,  every  town  has  a 
Mayor,  every  village  has  a celebrity  of  some  sort.  Pictures  of  these  gentle- 
men (or  ladies)  are  news  pictures  when  those  gentlemen  or  ladies  are  doing 
something,  have  done  something,  or  are  expected  to  do  something,  which 
will  bring  their  names  before  the  public. 

Wilson  at  Ball  Game— -It  is  not  at  all  necessary  that  the  person  to  be 
photographed  for  a news  picture  be  engaged  in  some  grave  and  dignified 
occupation,  such  as  telling  Congress  about  the  Mexican  trouble  or  asking 
for  a repeal  of  the  tolls  legislation.  The  person  may  be  playing  a game  or 
taking  a walk  or  riding  a wheel,  or,  as  in  the  picture  before  you,  he  may  be 
the  first  gentleman  in  the  land  throwing  out  the  first  ball  of  the  baseball 


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season  to  be  caught  by  the  most  prominent  citizen  of  Washington,  D.  C.  I 
refer  to  Walter  Johnson,  sometimes  known  as  “smokeball.” 

Bryan  and  Reporters. — If  it  is  possible  to  get  a humorous  aspect  to  a 
news  photograph,  it  is  in  just  that  amount  the  better  picture.  Before  you  is 
a clever  example  of  getting  personality  in  portraiture.  Notice  the  expres- 
sion of  the  central  figui’e,  who  is,  of  course,  the  Secretary  of  State,  Mr. 
Bryan.  You  will  observe  a certain  worried,  far-off  look  in  his  eyes,  and  an 
evident  desire  to  escape  from  the  many  young  men  who  surround  him.  The 
young  men  are  the  pick  of  the  Washington  correspondents  of  the  great  news- 
papers of  the  country.  They  are  attempting  to  interview'  Mr.  Bryan  upon 
two  vitally  important  subjects.  One  of  these  is  the  recipe  for  a grape-juice 
cocktail,  and  the  other  is  the  price  of  Chautauqua  lectures,  and  as  both  these 
were  interesting  sidelights  on  the  Nebraska  gentleman,  the  picture  sold. 

Battery  at  Harper's  Ferry.- — I regret  to  admit  that  in  the  business  of 
making  photographs  for  illustration,  there  are  occasionally  tricks  of  the 
trade.  It  is,  how'ever,  undeniable  that  pictures  made  to-day  and  stored  away 
for  future  reference  are  sometimes  used  next  year  and  the  year  after,  and 
referred  to  as  “up-to-the-minute”  photographs.  Before  you  is  a picture 
recently  published  under  the  title  “On  to  Mexico.”  I happn  to  know  that 
the  picture  W'as  made  several  years  ago  and  at  least  two  thousand  miles  awray 
from  the  troubled  republic  to  the  south.  Yet  it  is  a harmless  deception. 
The  battery  shown  entrained  at  4 o’clock  in  the  morning.  There  wras  no 
opportunity  to  get  a good  picture  of  it  then,  for  the  art  of  flashlight  pho- 
tography has  not  progressed  to  the  point  where  it  can  make  a picture  show- 
ing a quarter  of  a mile  of  road.  Hence  the  newspaper  broker  pulled  from 
his  files  this  picture,  made  a long  time  before,  and  quite  shamelessly  published 
it.  I should  not  like  to  be  accused  of  standing  here  and  advising  immoral 
practices,  but  it  seems  obvious  that  if  there  is  in  your  town  a military  or- 
ganization, for  instance,  a few  pictures  of  it  and  of  its  officers,  made  now, 
may  some  day  be  valuable  as  newrs  pictures,  particular^  with  the  chance  of 
service  so  plain  before  the  country. 

Indians  at,  White  House. — I have  one  more  photograph  which  I cata- 
logue under  the  strictly  news  heading  before  passing  to  illustrative  photog- 
raphy proper.  It  is  an  illustration  of  how  a photographer  can  manufacture 
news  pictures  at  will.  The  story  of  this  picture,  which  is  of  half  a dozen 
Sioux  chiefs  coming  to  see  the  Great  White  Father  at  Washington,  is  simple. 
The  morning  paper  carried  the  information  that  a certain  number  of  prom- 
inent Indian  chiefs  had  come  to  Washington  to  see  the  President  and  ask  him 
for  something — it  doesn’t  matter  what. 

“Here,”  said  a city  editor  to  his  photographer.  “Go  get  a couple  of 
automobiles,  pile  those  Indians  in  them,  and  take  them  up  and  photograph 
them  in  front  of  the  White  House.” 

The  city  editor  had  had  experience  with  Indians  before. 

“Be  sure  they  have  on  their  fancy  dress,”  he  said. 


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Indians,  as  a rule,  don’t  like  to  dress  up  in  civilization,  because  it  makes 
them  conspicuous  and  draws  too  much  attention.  But  the  bribe  of 
a long  automobile  ride  was  too  much  for  them.  They  dressed  up  willingly 
enough,  were  photographed  in  front  of  the  White  House,  taken  around  the 
city,  and  given,  I am  afraid,  an  occasional  treat  of  fire  water  by  a reporter 
more  charitable  than  discreet.  However,  the  newspaper  had  a unique  picture 
(and  the  fact  that  the  Indians  did  not  actually  go  into  the  White  House 
until  several  days  later  made  no  difference  to  the  story)  and  the  photogra- 
pher later  found  a wide  market  for  this  picture  in  other  newspapers  and 
finally  in  the  automobile  journals. 

Racing  Auto. — The  illustrative  value  of  a magazine  illustration  de- 
pends less  upon  timeliness  than  upon  that  elusive  quality  known  as  human 
interest.  No  ten-word  definition  of  the  phrase  is  known  to  me.  A picture 
may  be  full  of  people  and  lack  human  interest.  It  may  have  no  people  and 
be  full  of  human  interest.  Broadly  speaking,  that  photograph  has  human 
interest  which  will  tell  some  story  to  one  human  being  about  another. 

Apart  from  human  interest,  the  greatest  factor  in  making  salable  maga- 
zine illustrations  from  every-day  subjects  is  tersely  defined  in  editorial 
offices  with  a slang  phrase.  They  say  of  a good  picture  of  an  old  subject, 
“It  has  a new  slant.”  “New  slant”  is  a phrase  you  will  hear  again,  because 
there  is  no  substitute  for  it.  And  if  you  can  capture  it  and  make  it  yours, 
and  get  the  “new’  slant”  on  the  old  subject,  there  is  no  reason  why  you  should 
not  be  highly  successful  in  making  photographs  for  illustration.  To  illus- 
trate the  point,  consider  this  picture  of  somebody  skedaddling  down  a track 
at  a hundred  miles  an  hour  or  more,  in  an  automobile.  Taken  as  the  illus- 
tration of  some  special  race,  it  is  a news  picture.  As  an  illustration  of  a 
story  about  racing  cars  in  a motor  magazine,  it  would  help  “carry”  the 
story.  But  taken  by  itself  and  without  any  printed  story,  it  is  too  com- 
monplace, good  photograph  though  it  is,  to  have  much  “human  interest.” 
Contrast  it  with 

Automobile  Crossing  a Stream. — This  picture,  which,  in  spite  of  the 
fact  that  the  driver  is  practically  invisible,  is  yet  full  of  human  interest. 
This  picture,  which  has  earned  me  something  like  two  hundred  dollars  and  is 
still  working,  has  human  interest  in  large  measure.  For  you  know  that  au- 
tomobiles don’t  drive  themselves  across  country  streams,  and  you  surmise 
that  the  driver  is  probably  getting  damp,  not  to  say  drowned.  Here  is  some- 
thing unusual  happening  to  a human  being,  in  a way  with  which  you,  the 
beholder,  are  not  personally  familiar.  Therefore,  the  photograph  has 
human  interest,  whether  it  be  published  as  an  illustration  to  a story  on  “The 
Use  of  the  Fool  Killer,”  or  one  which  treats  of  “Water  Proof  Automobile 
Engines.”  This  picture  has  been  published  in  general  magazines,  in  automo- 
bile magazines,  in  technical  magazines,  in  a children’s  magazine,  and  I have 
hopes  of  selling  it  to  a Sunday-school  paper  and  a bee-keeper’s  journal  be- 
fore I get  through,  on  account  of  its  “new  slant.” 


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This  sort  of  picture  is  not  in  the  classification  of  those  that  “just 
happen.”  It  has  to  be  planned  for,  arranged  for,  beforehand.  In  the  illus- 
trative field,  these  are  the  pictures  which  will  bring  in  money  in  the  exact 
proportion  to  the  amount  of  brains  you  expend  in  digging  up  your  subjects. 

Making  this  picture  suggested  a whole  series,  in  which  an  automobile 
forsook  the  roads  and  traveled  across  country.  I will  leave  to  your  imagina- 
tion the  question  as  to  whether  the  automobile  really  did  travel  across  the 
country  or  not.  But  the  stories  published  said  that  it  did,  and  here  are  two 
photographs  which  seem  to  prove  it.  For  the  camera,  in  the  editor’s  fond 
belief,  never  lies ! 

Off  the  Road. — Behold,  then,  a party  of  cross-country  automobilists 
leaving  the  road  for  their  excursion  across  the  fields.  It  will  be  unnecessary 
for  me  to  explain  to  an  audience  of  photographers  that  the  hillside  is  not, 
perhaps,  as  steep  as  it  appears,  or  to  remind  you  again  that  there  are  tricks 
in  all  trades.  A little  tipping  of  the  camera  to  one  side,  a little  trimming 
crooked  on  the  other,  and  the  car  apparently  takes  a plunge ! 

Taking  Down  Fence. — Nor  did  the  rail  fence  stop  the  mad  cross-coun- 
try career  of  these  daring  motorists.  As  a matter  of  sober  truth,  we  first 
took  down  the  fence,  then  backed  the  automobile  into  the  field,  put  back  the 
fence  and  then  took  a picture.  But  the  effect  is  there,  and  taken  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  rest  of  them — there  were  eight  altogether — it  made  a successful 
series. 

The  lot  took  one  afternoon’s  time.  A friend  loaned  himself  and  the  car 
and  the  other  fellows  went  along  for  a lark.  The  set  has  sold  several  times, 
and  altogether  has  brought  in  a little  less  than  one  hundred  dollars.  I 
trust  I am  not  in  error  in  saying  that  even  George  Harris  would  not  sniff  at 
a hundred  dollars  for  an  afternoon’s  work. 

Almost  an  Accident. — The  automobile  is  a fruitful  field  for  the  making 
of  illustrations.  Good  ones  are  always  salable  to  the  automobile  journals, 
the  country  life  and  agricultural  journals,  often  to  the  semi-technical  maga- 
zines. All  you  have  to  do  is  think  up  some  “new  slant”  and  go  out  and  pic- 
ture it.  The  commonplace  picture  before  you  was,  at  the  time  it  was  made, 
such  a “new  slant.”  Series  of  pictures  had  often  been  made  showing  the 
teaching  of  people  to  drive.  At  that  time  few  women  drove  gasoline  cars 
and  there  was  some  prejudice  against  it.  Hence,  a picture  showing  a near 
accident  to  a woman  driver  while  learning  sold  readily. 

Leopard. — There  is  always  a market  for  first-class  animal  pictures, 
whether  they  be  of  spotted  cats  like  this,  too  anxious  to  turn  around  and  see 
the  nervous  photographer  with  a pale  face,  sticking  his  head  and  shoulder  in 
the  cage,  or  the  common  house  cat  playing  with  her  tail.  Naturally,  few  of 
us  have  the  opportunity  to  make  pictures  of  cats  like  these  in  their  native 
haunts,  and  not  all  of  us  can  have  access  to  the  zoo  or  the  circus.  Yet  when 
either  opportunity  comes,  there  is  money  in  sight,  particularly  for  the  pho- 


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tograph  which  shows  either  the  wild  creature  in  his  native  haunts  or  the  cap- 
tive, as  in 

Feeding  Elephant. — This  view,  in  which  Dunk,  with  a reputation  for 
vicious  temper,  indulges  in  a sparring  match  with  his  keeper.  A picture  of 
this  sort  is  really  more  newspaper  than  magazine  in  character.  But  it  is 
necessary  to  draw  a broad  line  between  the  newspaper  part  of  a newspaper 
and  the  magazine  or  Sunday  supplement  part.  There  is  no  news  value  in 
this  picture — it  would  be  just  as  good  published  next  week  or  next  year  as 
now.  But  it  will  go  in  a Sunday  section  of  any  newspaper  whose  editor 
happens  to  fancy  it,  because  it  ties  up  the  human  interest  to  the  animal  in- 
terest. Taken  with  a few  more  zoo  pictures,  it  formed  a series  which  sold  for 
twenty  dollars  and  cost  two  hours’  work  in  a zoo,  besides  a couple  of  cigars  to 
the  keeper.  The  title  of  this  picture, 

A Surprise. — Which  is  “A  Surprise,”  is  more  or  less  a mystery  to  me. 

I don’t  know  whether  the  gentleman  with  the  pleased  smile  is  throwing  the 
horse  or  whether  he  is  the  trainer  and  the  horse  is  turning  a somersault.  Nor 
does  it  make  any  difference.  There  is  action  here,  in  large  quantity.  There 
is  human  and  equine  interest,  both.  Of  course,  it  would  be  necessary  to  know 
just  what  was  happening  before  selling  the  picture,  but  it  would  be  equally 
salable  if  entitled  “Throwing  a Vicious  Horse”  or  “The  Only  Somersaulting 
Horse  in  the  World.”  I am  quite  well  aware  that  you  have  not,  as  a rule, 
any  very  large  number  of  acquaintances  among  trainers  of  horses,  who  have 
vicious  animals  they  are  anxious  to  take  out  and  turn  upside  down  for  your 
benefit.  But,  as  I endeavored  to  make  plain  in  the  beginning,  these  pictures 
are  not  shown  you  with  the  idea  that  you  will  go  and  imitate  them.  They 
are  merely  examples  of  newspapers  and  magazine  photographs  which  have 
sold.  The  same  reasons  which  make  these  salable  will  make  others  of  the 
same  subjects,  though  totally  different  in  character,  also  salable. 

The  clean-cut  action  picture  is  always  of  interest  to  the  editor. 

Over  the  Bars. — Here  is  a good  example  of  this  kind  of  action  picture. 
To  be  sure,  it  looks  as  if  the  top  bar  is  going  down  in  an  instant,  but  the 
action  of  the  picture  is  unusually  fine,  and  the  photography  unusually  clear 
cut.  A picture  of  this  kind,  showing  one  stage  in  a progressive  operation,  is 
far  more  salable  if  it  is  one  of  a series  than  if  taken  alone.  A photograph 
showing  the  horse  just  leaving  the  ground,  another  on  the  near  side,  and  one 
on  the  far  side  of  the  bars  and  a fifth  showing  the  landing,  would,  if  they 
were  all  as  good  as  this,  provide  a series  which  would  certainly  bring  in  a 
handsome  profit  to  the  maker,  not  once,  but  several  times.  Yet  it  would  be 
little  more  difficult  and  take  but  little  more  time,  to  get  the  whole  series,  than 
to  get  the  single  picture. 

Laughing  Carl. — Any  photograph  which  can  produce  a smile  can  be 
sold  somewhere.  As  a rule,  photographs  fall  away  below  drawings  in  their 
power  to  evoke  mirth.  I shall  have  to  refer  you  to  artists  among  you  for  an 
explanation.  I only  know  the  facts.  Now  and  then,  however,  you  will  have 


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the  opportunity  to  make  a picture  which  will  draw  smiles  or  laughter.  Such 
a picture  is  always  salable  as  a contents’  design,  a cover  design,  or  as  an 
illustration  published  simply  for  its  interest  and  its  power  to  please.  Nat- 
urally, many  such  pictures  concern  children — I suppose  because  we  were  all 
children  once,  and  love  to  remember  our  own  good  times,  and  think  of  our 
own  youngsters  in  their  time  of  joy. 

Children  on  the  Beach. — Wouldn’t  you,  for  instance,  like  to  be  there 
now?  I wouldn’t  advise  submitting  such  a picture  as  that  for  sale  to  an 
editor  for  publication  in  January.  Get  it  to  him  in  early  spring  for  late 
summer  publication,  and  you  will  have  small  difficulty  in  selling  it.  In  fact, 
attractive  pictures  of  attractive  children  doing  almost  anything  a child  can 
do,  can  be  sold  if  you  will  only  see  to  it  that  something  more  than  beauty  of 
feature  or  beauty  of  clothes  is  in  the  picture.  To  sell,  beauty  alone  must  be 
superlative..  Merely  pretty  will  not  do.  But  interest — that  something  in 
a picture  which  makes  you  laugh  or  smile  or  want  to  cry,  or  wish  you  were 
in  bathing  or  desire  a drink — interest  which  evokes  some  emotion  within  you 
—that  picture  is  invariably  salable. 

Polo. — The  field  of  sport  is  a fertile  one  for  the  photographer  who  wants 
to  make  pictures  to  sell  to  magazines.  It  is  near  at  hand,  for  we  are  a sport- 
loving  people,  and  games  of  all  sorts  are  played  everywhere.  A great  maga- 
zine used  a picture  similar  to  this  for  its  cover  this  month,  and  had  eight 
more  polo  pictures  illustrating  its  leading  article.  Nor  was  the  story  on  the 
game  of  polo  alone.  The  editor  had  a “new  slant”  on  the  subject,  and  so 
printed  a story  on  the  share  the  polo  pony  plays  in  the  game.  This  picture 
would  serve  as  well  as  any  he  had  to  illustrate  that  story.  The  point  in  all 
such  pictures  is  action,  and  we,  who  form  the  reading  public,  like  such  pic- 
tures because  they  recall  either  similar  scenes  in  the  sports  we  ourselves 
enjoy,  or  moments  of  interest  in  games  and  sports  we  have  enjoyed  vicari- 
ously from  the  side  lines. 

It  is  essential  that  the  photographer  who  will  picture  any  game  or 
sport  should  know  something  about  it. 

Baseball. — The  man  who  went  out  to  photograph  a baseball  game  and 
sat  in  the  grand  stand  would  have  to  have  a telephoto  lens,  for  instance,  to 
get  a picture  like  this.  Strenuous  action,  seen  from  a close  viewpoint,  is 
always  of  interest.  The  photographer  who  knows  baseball  crouches  near 
third  base  when  a man  gets  on  second,  and  gets  close  to  the  plate  when  there 
is  a score  even  remotely  possible.  Editors  of  newspapers  use  a thousand 
baseball  pictures  where  the  magazine  uses  one,  yet  there  has  been  no  year  for 
many  past  when  I have  not  sold  a number  of  such  illustrations  to  magazines, 
each  seeking  something  new  to  tell  about  the  game,  but  all  depending  on  the 
camera,  the  close  play  and  the  dusty  slide  for  their  illustrations. 

Tennis  Player.— There  is  less  demand  for  pictures  of  the  player  of 
tennis  than  for  those  of  him  who  wields  bat  against  ball.  Yet  there  are  cer- 
tain magazines,  among  which  are  those  of  outdoor  life  and  sporting  interest. 


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By  HUBERT  BROTHERS 
Buffalo,  N.  Y. 


which  are  always  on  the  lookout  for  tennis  pictures.  Unless  they  are  of 
news  interest,  showing  some  great  player  in  action,  they  must  depend  upon 
something  else  than  personality  to  carry  them.  In  the  picture  before  you, 
one  of  the  rarer  plays  of  the  game  is  shown — what  is  technically  known  as  a 
“pick  up.”  The  play  is  difficult  of  illustration  for  two  reasons.  It  is  never 
made  if  the  player  can  handle  the  ball  by  any  other  play,  and  consequently 
cannot  be  expected  by  the  photographer.  It  is  a play  made  with  a quick  flirt 
of  the  wrist  and  therefore  hard  to  get.  This  particular  picture  formed  one 
of  a set  of  ten  showing  how  tennis  strokes  should  be  made  and  brought  fifty 
dollars  without  a protest  from  the  editor  who  bought  them.  I direct  your 
attention  to  the  ball,  off  the  ground,  as  shown  by  its  shadows.  The  editor 
was  pleased  with  that  ball,  and  others  in  the  other  pictures,  because,  as  he 
was  at  some  pains  to  explain  to  me,  he  had  just  returned  a lot  of  tennis  pic- 
tures which,  as  he  said,  showed  the  ball  sewed  to  the  racket ! 

Football. — The  football  picture  is  always  of  use,  somewhere.  I do  not 
mean  to  say  that  you  can  go  out  to  the  next  football  game  you  have  in  your 
town,  make  half  a dozen  action  pictures  and  straightway  sell  them.  There  are 
too  many  of  them  for  that.  If  you  can  get  any  “new  slant”  on  the  game, 
show  any  new  side,  picture  any  new  play,  your  pictures  are  sure  to  sell. 
This  particular  sample  is  remarkable  because  it  shows  the  open  work  of  the 
new  plays  and  the  ball  just  leaving  the  kicker’s  foot.  Too  many  such  plays 
are  but  masses  of  young  athletes  piled  on  top  of  each  other.  Close-to  pho- 
tographs made  with  fast  telephoto  lens,  showing  a flying  tackle  or  a fall  on 
the  ball,  will  always  go.  But  don’t  expect  to  sell  them  the  next  day  after 
you  make  them.  I recall  one  disappointed  beginner  in  newspaper  and  maga- 
azine  photography  who  complained  bitterly  when  I sent  back  to  him  a dozen 
fine  football  pictures  which  he  had  submitted  to  me  two  days  after  the 
Thanksgiving  day  game. 

“What’s  the  use  of  my  making  these  fine  pictures  if  you  won’t  buy 
them?”  he  asked  me. 

I was  obliged  to  tell  him  that  as  the  football  season  ended  upon  Thanks- 
giving Day,  I couldn’t  sell  his  pictures  after  that  date  any  more  than  I 
could  sell  Thanksgiving  Day  turkeys.  But  I agreed  to  buy  them  the  fol- 
lowing August,  if  nothing  better  turned  up  in  the  meantime. 

Pole  Vaulter.— In  many  sports  there  is  one  and  only  one  moment  when 
the  height  of  interest  and  action  occurs.  These  are  more  commonly  races 
and  contests,  rather  than  games.  In  the  picture  of  the  flying  gentleman  on 
the  screen,  the  moment  is  the  moment  you  see  pictures — the  instant  when  the 
athlete  is  just  coming  over  the  bar.  In  spite  of  the  fact  that  many  people 
make  magazine  pictures  with  a pocket  kodak  and  the  skill  of  the  average 
amateur  and  the  luck  of  the  devil  himself,  it  is  none  the  less  true  that  he  who 
can  pick  them  out  of  the  air  like  that  by  means  of  skill  and  practice  is  the 
one  who  is  going  to  land  the  order  in  sport  pictures. 


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Dash. — In  a foot  race,  by  all  odds  the  exciting  moment  is  at  the  finish. 
The  photographer  who  took  this  picture  was  so  skillful  that  he  actually 
caught  the  runner  with  one  foot  on  either  side  of  the  line,  the  tape  against 
his  chest  and  neither  foot  on  the  ground.  Any  editor  who  wants  any  foot- 
race pictures  at  all  will  naturally  be  interested  in  such  an  unusual  feature  in 
any  you  submit,  so  that  it  is  wise  to  call  his  attention  to  such  pieces  of  luck 
(or  skill)  when  you  make  them. 

Three  Hurdlers.- — As  an  example  of  the  difference  between  a too  inclu- 
sive picture  and  one  of  restricted  action  but  intensified  interest,  I will  ask 
you  to  examine  this  illustration  and  the  one  which  follows  it.  In  this  picture 
three  men  are  jumping  a hurdle.  Their  expressions  are  interesting,  their 
attitudes  are  amazing,  and  the  photography  is  beyond  dispute.  Yet  there 
is  something  about  this  picture  which  is  distracting.  Perhaps  it  is  the  too 
many  arms  and  legs,  perhaps  the  evident  fact  that  this  isn’t  a race  but  a 
group  of  gentlemen  having  their  pictures  taken  in  the  air  for  an  afternoon’s 
sport.  Contrast  it  with  this  one: 

Single  Hurdler. — And  you  will,  I am  sure,  catch  my  meaning.  The 
hurdler  here  is  clearing  the  high  hurdle  on  the  hurdle  path  and  we  have  a 
better  opportunity  to  study  his  action,  decide  upon  his  skill  and  mentally  re- 
solve that  we  will  not  go  and  do  likewise  at  any  opportunity.  We  have  plenty 
of  chance  to  observe  the  gritty  determination  of  his  face  and  admire  the 
swelling  muscles  of  his  arms  and  legs  and  to  thank  our  stars  that  wTe  don’t 
have  to  go  and  try  it.  Both  these  two  hurdle  pictures  showT  the  art  of  pick- 
ing the  moment  to  perfection. 

Diver. — One  more  sport  picture,  and  we  are  finished  with  this  short 
sketch  of  the  athletic  activities  in  magazine  picturing.  It  often  happens  that 
the  editor  wants  a picture  of  how  not  to  do  a thing  as  wrell  as  one  showing 
how  it  ought  to  be  done.  Here  is  an  excellent  photograph  of  a bather 
making  a rather  haphazard  dive.  A critic  of  swimming  and  diving  would 
point  out  that  his  legs  are  not  together,  that  he  is  entering  the  water  at  an 
angle,  and  that  in  about  half  a second  he  is  going  to  make  an  awful  splash. 
Such  a picture,  combined  with  one  showing  how  a dive  ought  to  be  made,  will 
bring  more  money  than  either  could  command  separately. 

Self  ridge. — The  “before  and  after”  picture  is  the  shortest  possible 
series  of  pictures.  It  tells  a story.  It  emphasizes  a point,  or  it  explains 
something.  I know'  of  no  better  example  to  put  before  you  than  two  pictures 
which,  stretching  across  five  minutes  of  time,  mark  the  making  of  the  first 
martyrdom  to  the  conquest  of  the  air  by  an  aeroplane. 

The  picture  before  you  shows  Lieutenant  Self  ridge,  his  hand  upon  the 
trigger  of  the  Wright  aeroplane,  with  Orville  Wright  beside  him.  The  aero- 
plane is  about  to  start  on  its  last  journey  on  that  fatal  September  day  in 
1908  when  Lieutenant  Selfridge  w7as  to  lose  his  life.  It  is  perhaps  a melan- 
choly boast  to  say  one  has  made  the  last  picture  of  a man  alive.  I not  only 
had  that  doubtful  privilege  in  this  case,  but  I am  confident  that  I was  the 


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last  man  on  earth  to  whom  Lieutenant  Selfridge  spoke.  You  can  see  that  he 
i was  looking  directly  at  me.  He  was  waiting  for  me  to  get  the  picture  and 
became  impatient. 

“Step  back,  Claudy !”  he  said.  “We  are  going — ” 

I stepped  back,  and  they  did  go. 

Wreck. — Five  minutes  later,  after  a quarter  of  a mile  run,  I made  this 
photograph. 

As  you  all  know,  for  it  is  ancient  history  now  and  hundreds  of  daring 
flyers  have  been  killed  since  then,  Self  ridge  died.  Wright  was  badly  injured, 
but  recovered.  Those  two  pictures,  side  by  side,  the  one  showing  the  start, 
the  other  the  finish  of  that  fatal  ride,  were  widely  published.  Of  course, 
when  made,  they  were  news  pictures,  pure  and  simple,  and  were  out  of  date 
two  days  after  their  making.  But  magazines  bought  them  largely,  and  even 
now,  once  in  a while,  I get  a call  for  the  “Last  Sclfridge  Picture.” 

It  may  interest  you  to  know  that  it  is  not,  actually,  the  last  picture  of 
Selfridge,  though  the  last  one  of  him  conscious.  I was  heartless  enough  to 
make  a picture  of  him  as  he  lay,  broken,  on  his  stretcher.  But  I never  had 
the  lack  of  heart  to  sell  it,  and  it  has  never  been  published. 

Hauling  Up  Whistler. — Another  example  of  the  two  pictures  series  in 
which  both  are  essential  to  the  telling  of  a story,  is  seen  in  this  and  the  pic- 
ture to  follow.  A certain  whistling  buoy  was  reported  to  be  on  a strike. 
Its  mournful  warning  tones  had  failed  to  warn,  and  some  fog-bound  vessel  had 
all  but  struck  upon  a sand  bar.  Sent  out  to  investigate,  the  Government 
tender  hauled  the  three-ton  monster  out  of  the  sea.  The  photographer 
tied  himself  to  a tipsy  ship  with  his  belt  and  a rope’s  end  and  got  as  close  as 
he  dared  to  the  huge  iron  pendulum  as  it  came  over  the  side.  A whistling 
buoy  is  moored  only  in  rough  wrater,  since  it  is  the  movement  of  the  waves 
which  makes  it  speak.  And  a three-ton  pendulum,  upon  a rocking  ship,  is  a 
very  good  thing  not  to  get  in  the  wray  of. 

But  this  picture,  interesting  as  it  may  be,  did  not  show  why  the  buoy 
didn’t  whistle.  So  the  photographer  waited  until  the  buoy  was  safely  landed. 
Then  he  made  this. 

Buoy  Cut  in  Half. — Showing  where  and  how  some  giant  proptllor  wheel 
had  sheared  the  long  stem  of  the  whistler  in  half.  Both  pictures  sold  to 
newspapers,  and  appear  at  intervals  in  yachting,  boating  and  marine  jour- 
nals, as  well  as  in  magazines  which  publish  stories  about  the  lighthouse  and 
life-saving  services. 

While  on  the  subject  of  pictures  which  pertain  to  the  water,  let  me  say 
that  the  editor  likes  his  ocean  pictures  to  have  the  different  “slant”  as  well 
as  his  land  pictures. 

Beach  Scene. — The  beach  scene,  for  instance,  is  one  which  is  continually 
being  taken  and  never  getting  published  except  as  an  advertisement  or  to 
carry  a story  on  vacation  resorts.  It  is  interesting,  but  commonplace.  Yet 


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so  simple  a thing  as  climbing  up  an  electric-light  pole  on  a boardwalk  al- 
lowed a photographer  to  get  this. 

Good  Beach  Scene. — Which  was  published  as  soon  as  offered,  merely 
because  it  was  a little  different  from  the  common  run  of  such  pictures,  as 
usually  submitted.  The  maker  was  clever  enough  to  see  that  the  flat  per- 
spective of  the  usual  beach  scene  with  more  land  than  water  was  overdone, 
whereas  one  from  on  high,  looking  down,  was  comparatively  seldom  photo- 
graphed. 

Launch  at  Speed. — The  same  principle  is  to  be  found  in  the  next  two 
photographs.  This  is  an  excellent  picture  of  a racing  boat,  and  doubtless 
as  a news  picture  of  that  particular  boat  when  she  won  an  important  race, 
was  perfectly  salable.  But  as  an  illustration  of  the  romance  of  the  ocean, 
of  speed  of  vessel,  as  an  example  of  picturesque  water  photography,  it  leaves 
a great  deal  to  be  desired.  In  sharp  contrast  to  it  is  this 

Battleship. — A stunning  example  of  a salable  photograph.  The  mar- 
kets for  a picture  of  this  kind  are  everywhere.  Are  the  battleships  ordered 
anywhere — to  Mexico,  for  service,  or  Cape  Cod,  for  manoeuvers?  Send  a 
picture  like  this.  Does  the  editor  want  something  picturesque  and  forceful? 
Here  it  is.  Is  it  a sea  story  which  is  to  be  illustrated?  The  very  spirit  of 
the  angry  water  seems  to  breathe  in  this  picture.  Is  some  battleship  on  a 
trial  trip?  Publish  this  as  an  example  of  trial  trip  seas.  Does  some  editor 
want  an  illustration  of  man’s  dominion  over  the  forces  of  Nature?  Here  it 
is,  ready  to  bring  in  money  to  the  lucky  photographer,  at  intervals,  from 
the  day  he  makes  it  to  the  day  he  breaks  the  negative. 

Of  course,  not  all  of  us  have  the  opportunity  to  be  in  a storm  at  sea 
when  the  battleships  go  by,  and  some  of  us  wouldn’t  be  able  to  come  on  deck 
if  we  were.  But  the  point  is  not  that  you  go  straight  away  and  hire  a tug 
to  make  a battleship  picture,  but  that  you  never  lose  the  opportunity  to  get 
the  picturesque,  the  startling,  the  unusual  “slant”  on  a picture,  of  even  a 
commonplace  thing. 

Railroad  Train. — None  of  us  is  so  situated  but  that  he  can  get  a pic- 
ture of  a railway  train  going  at  breakneck  speed.  Such  pictures  are  a drug 
on  the  market.  Every  editor  has  a drawer  full.  If  he  hasn’t,  hundreds  of 
amateurs  will  give  them  to  him  for  the  asking.  There  is  no  profit  in  the 
picture  because  it  is  overdone— because  it  is  the  obvious  thing.  The  picture 
before  you  is  a good  example  of  its  kind — it  is  sharp,  well  taken,  the  motion 
is  well  shown  both  by  the  smoke  and  the  dust,  but — it  wouldn’t  make  you 
turn  your  head  or  the  page  in  a magazine. 

Snow  Plow. — Here,  however,  is  the  “new  slant” — the  picture  of  a rail- 
road engine  which  is  different.  In  the  north  and  northwest  the  snow  is  the 
greatest  enemy  of  the  railroad — it  covers  up  the  tracks  and  stalls  the  cars 
and  buries  the  engines.  Only  a rotary  snow  plow  can  conquer  it.  But  the 
north  and  northwest  is  a strange  country  to  most  of  us,  and  consequently 
when  we  see  a picture  of  the  rotary  eating  its  way  through  a drift  and  labor- 


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ing  mightily  to  do  it — if  the  smoke,  steam  and  falling  snow  are  anv  criterion 
— we  are  interested.  And  so  was  the  editor,  and  this,  and  half  a dozen 
more  of  the  same  series,  have  brought  me  in  many  a dollar  and  probably  will 
in  the  future.  At  least,  unless  some  one  offers  me  a very  fancy  price  indeed, 
the  negatives  are  not  for  sale. 

It  should  not  be  forgotten  by  any  one  who  wants  to  sell  pictures  to  mag- 
azines that  what  is  commonplace  to  one  part  of  the  country  is  strange  and 
therefore  interesting  to  another  part.  One  wouldn’t  be  able  to  sell  a snow 
plowr  picture  to  a St.  Paul  magazine,  or  a field  of  cotton  picture  to  one  pub- 
lished in  Atlanta,  with  half  the  ease  that  the  effort  could  be  reversed. 

Canoe  and  Deer. — It  is  for  this  reason  that  the  true  hunting,  fishing  or 
camping  picture  is  usually  salable.  The  vast  majority  of  the  citizens  of 
the  United  States  do  not  go  camping  in  Canada  or  the  Rockies  or  the  South- 
west. But  we  like  to  see  how  the  other  fellow  does  it. 

And  when,  as  in  this  case,  we  can  tie  our  picture  to  the  feminine  interest, 
it  is  a sure  seller.  Less  women  go  camping  than  do  men.  There  are  less 
women  swimmers,  hunters,  fishers,  sailors,  than  there  are  men.  Therefore, 
pictures  of  women  doing  any  of  these  things  are  always  interesting.  In  the 
present  instance,  the  picture  speaks  with  the  authority  of  truth  to  those  who 
have  been  camping  and  canoeing  and  moose  hunting.  Canoe,  costumes, 
backgi’ound,  moose  head,  all  speak  of  the  great  outdoors,  with  no  suggestion 
of  fake  about  it.  The  matter  of  the  fake  outdoor  picture  is  important  be- 
cause, so  the  editors  of  outdoor  and  recreation  magazines  will  tell  you,  so 
many  fake  photographs  are  sent  them.  And  the  funny  part  of  it  is  that 
many  of  the  supposed  fakes  are  real  pictures  which  nevertheless  look  like 
fakes.  One  must  guard  not  only  against  an  actual  untruth  in  a photograph 
offered  for  sale,  but  must  avoid  even  the  appearance  of  the  fake. 

Cowboy. — For  instance,  here  is  a perfectly  good  picture  of  what  ap 
pears  to  be  a perfectly  good  cowboy  cooking  a perfectly  good  supper  on  the 
plains.  Now  it  doesn’t  make  any  difference  whether  he  is  or  isn’t  genuine. 
He  wras  too  perfect,  if  he  was  true,  to  look  true.  The  dents  in  his  hat  are  too 
careful,  the  w'rist  watch  on  his  arm  too  elaborate,  to  look  natural.  The 
editor  said  that  when  he  went  camping  on  the  mesa,  he  took  off  his  hot 
chaps  when  he  stopped  to  cook  supper.  He  said  he  didn’t  wear  fifty  pounds 
of  lead  around  his  waist  while  he  flapped  the  flap  jack.  He  said  he  couldn’t 
cook  flap  jacks,  anyway,  without  some  flour  and  salt  and  a little  water,  and 
he  didn’t  see  any  evidence  of  any  of  them.  He  said  the  fire  wasn’t  properly 
laid  and  the  background  didn’t  look  natural — Oh,  the  things  the  editor  said 
about  the  picture  were  enough  to  damn  it  over  and  over  again.  The  maker 
protested  that  he  couldn’t  help  it — it  was  a real  picture.  Of  course,  they 
all  say  that,  whether  it’s  real  or  a fake.  The  point  is,  don’t  make  pictures, 
even  truthful  ones,  which  look  as  if  they  were  fakes.  If  you  want  to  picture 
a cowboy  cooking  a flap  jack,  have  him  look  like  a cowboy  cooking  a flap 
jack  and  not  like  a motion-picture  actor  posing  for  his  photograph. 


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Rope  Jumper. — Here  is  a cowboy  picture  which  smacks  much  more  of 
the  real  thing  because,  while  any  one  can  put  on  a pair  of  chaps,  smoke  a 
cigarette,  and  hold  a frying  pan,  any  one  can’t  jump  the  lariat  without  con- 
siderable practice.  It  illustrates  the  point  I am  trying  to  make  in  regard 
to  making  one’s  illustrations  seem  truthful.  It  may  well  be  that  this  is  a 
photograph,  too,  of  a moving-picture  actor  learning  a circus  stunt.  But  it 
doesn’t  look  like  it.  If  you  can  get  your  subjects  to  look  truthful,  it  doesn’t 
make  any  difference  whether  they  are  fakes,  whited  sepulchres,  or  the  real 
thing.  Incidentally,  it  might  be  said  that  almost  any  “stunt”  of  this  kind 
will  make  a salable  magazine  picture.  People  like  to  look  at  their  kind 
doing  things  they  can’t  do,  whether  it  be  a man  jumping  a lariat  or 

Bicycle  Jump. — Careering  through  the  air  on  a bicycle  from  one  spring 
board  to  another.  Again  I call  your  attention  to  the  matter  of  point  of 
view.  In  a picture  of  this  kind,  which  has  a somewhat  involved  and  compli- 
cated background,  it  would  be  all  too  easy  for  the  photographer  to  make  a 
mistake.  The  man  who  made  this  picture,  however,  calculated  carefully  be- 
forehand (or  else  was  lucky!)  and  placed  his  camera  at  such  a height  that 
the  jumping  figure  would  be  silhouetted  against  the  sky,  thus  affording  that 
brilliancy  of  contrast  which,  in  action  pictures,  is  dear  to  the  hearts  of  all 
who  must  make  cuts  of  photographs  to  print  with  ink  upon  paper 

First  Gun  Picture. — The  most  spectacular  “stunts”  which  have  been 
photographed  recently  w'ere  those  hig-gun  pictures  which  appeared  in  Mc- 
Clure's Magazine  a few'  weeks  ago.  Nothing  just  like  them  has  ever  been 
published  before,  although  many  a gun  fire  has  been  printed.  Here  on  the 
screen  is  one  of  such  a series,  showing  the  first  w'hite  smoke  just  beginning  to 
issue  from  the  cannon’s  mouth.  Only  those  who  have  tried  to  photograph 
such  relatively  slow'  objects  as  racing  automobiles  and  express  trains  and 
stop  their  motion  at  some  predetermined  point,  can  realize  what  it  means  to 
try  to  photograph  a ten-inch  gun  in  action  and  get  a picture  of  the  pro- 
jectile. 

Second  Gun  Picture. — Yet  that  is  exactly  what  the  photogiapher  has 
here  succeeded  in  doing — you  can  just  see  the  elongated  streak  which  is  the 
projectile  traveling  some  five  miles  a second,  three  hundred  miles  a minute, 
or  at  a rate  which  would  more  than  carry  it  around  the  earth  in  an  liour- 
and-a-half ! Naturally,  the  opportunity  to  make  such  pictures  comes  to  but 
few'.  But  at  the  risk  of  becoming  tiresome,  I want  to  impress  it  upon  you; 
there  are  just  as  good  and  just  as  interesting  pictures  to  be  made  for  pub- 
lication as  ever  have  been  made.  You  don’t  have  to  hunt  for  ten-inch  guns 
or  snow'  plows  or  jumping  bicycles — they  are  but  examples  of  various  classes 
of  pictures.  The  opportunity  is  everywhere,  all  about  you,  if  you  have  but 
the  eyes  to  see. 

Alexander  Bell. — The  technical  photograph — meaning  a picture  of 
some  piece  of  mechanism,  invention  or  discovery — is  always  salable,  first,  to 
the  trade  journals  dealing  with  the  particular  subject,  and,  secondly,  if  of 


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popular  interest,  to  popular  scientific  magazines,  as  well  as  the  general  mag- 
azines. When  making  such  pictures  always  include  life,  and,  if  possible,  get 
into  the  picture  the  inventor  or  maker  or  some  prominent  man  who  is  exam- 
ining the  thing  under  discussion. 

For  instance,  here  is  a photograph  of  a piece  of  apparatus  called  a 
tetrahedral  kite.  At  one  time  it  was  supposed  that  the  future  of  the  naviga- 
tion of  the  air  rested  in  the  perfection  of  this  peculiar  sort  of  Hying  machine. 
The  name  and  fame  of  the  inventor  brought  serious  consideration  to  the  kite, 
even  before  it  was  tried  in  public,  for  its  father  is  no  less  a personage  than 
that  Ur.  Alexander  Graham  Bell,  to  whose  untiring  labors  we  owe  the  tele- 
phone. In  the  picture,  Doctor  Bell  is  standing  near  the  side,  a white  hat  on 
his  venerable  head,  his  pipe  in  his  hand.  Taken  together  with  a few  others 
showing  the  kite  performing  in  the  air,  this  set  of  pictures  had  a successful 
sale. 

Big  Camera. — If  I should  tell  you  that  this  picture  represents  the  lens 
end  of  the  biggest  camera  in  the  United  States,  you  would  probably  greet  me 
with  polite  incredulity.  Yet  it  is  a fact.  The  camera  is  forty  feet  long, 
and  has  a lens  of  that  focal  length.  It  is  at  the  United  States  Naval  Ob- 
servatory and  is  used  for  making  pictures  of  the  sun,  every  bright  day  at 
noon.  The  image  of  the  sun  is  cast  through  the  long  stationery  tube  which 
corresponds  to  the  bellows  of  the  camera,  by  means  of  a heliostat  or  movable 
mirror.  I am  showing  this  picture  because  it  is  the  second  one  of  this  in- 
strument I made.  The  first  time  I pictured  only  the  lens.  The  editor 
promptly  sent  it  back  and  asked  me  to  have  some  famous  astronomer  pose 
with  the  mirror.  There  was  a famine  in  famous  astronomers  at  the  time, 
and  I couldn’t  get  one.  So  I did  the  next  best  thing- — got  in  the  picture 
myself  and  told  the  editor  that  the  title  of  the  picture  was  “Photographer  at 
the  Naval  Observatory  Making  a Picture  of  the  Sun,”  which  was  as  literally 
true  as  it  was  misleading!  Did  I say  before  that  there  were  tricks  in  this 
trade? 

Life  Boat. — Once  in  a while  it  becomes  necessary  to  use  more  than  one 
picture  to  show  an  invention,  discovery  or  device.  Here,  for  instance,  is  a 
photograph  of  a new  life  boat,  which  is  supposed  to  be  impossible  to  capsize. 
If  it  is  turned  upside  down,  it  promptly  turns  itself  right  side  up.  Before 
buying  any  of  these,  the  United  States  tested  them.  The  picture  shows  the 
mechanism  of  the  test,  in  which  several  men,  hauling  on  a rope,  attempt  to 
turn  the  boat  over.  But  such  a picture  only  tells  part  of  the  stor\ . 

Second  Life  Boat. — Here  is  the  needed  sequel.  The  ropes  are  released, 
and  the  boat,  true  to  its  reputation,  promptly  turns  itself  right  side  up 
again,  with  a convincing  splash  which  the  camera  caught.  The  market  for 
such  a picture  is  a wide  one.  Newspapers  all  along  the  coast,  boating  maga- 
zines, publications  like  the  Scientific  American,  T e clinical  World,  Popular 
Mechanics,  all  the  bo  vs’  papers — they  are  all  glad  to  get  pictures  of  this 
kind  because  the  pictures  themselves  are  full  of  life  and  “go.”  and  because  of 
the  interest  of  the  subject. 


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Breaking  Wave.— I have  said  that  the  merely  pretty  picture  is  not 
salable  to  magazines.  A scenic  picture,  to  be  salable,  must  have  some  un- 
usual point  of  interest.  I would  not  go  so  far  as  to  say  that  the  picture  on 
the  screen  could  not  be  sold,  because  no  one  but  the  editor  knows  for  sure 
in  advance  what  the  editor  will  buy — and  he  doesn’t  always  know.  I do 
know,  however,  that  it  is  a waste  of  time  to  go  about  making  pictures  like 
this  with  the  idea  of  selling  them.  While  it  is  well  taken,  and  pretty,  and 
might  be  used  as  a filler  up,  it  has  nothing  particularly  to  recommend  it. 

Kodak  Seascape. — Nor  has  this  kind  of  picture,  pretty  as  it  undoubt- 
edly is,  a wide  market.  The  photographer  has  made  the  most  of  his  oppor- 
tunity— he  has  clouds  and  a good  lighting  and  a framing  effect  of  trees,  but 
it  is  after  all,  merely  a pretty  waterscape.  I have  received  literally  hun- 
dreds of  such  from  photographers,  both  professional  and  amateur,  who  want 
me  to  buy  them,  or  to  sell  them  on  commission.  So  have  I received  dozens 
of  pastoral  subjects,  like  this. 

Sheep. — Which,  while  undeniably  pretty  and  peaceful,  will  not  sell  ex- 
cept for  some  very  special  purpose,  as,  for  instance,  if  the  editor  happens 
to  be  publishing  a story  on  “Sheep  Farming”  or  “The  Joys  of  the  Country,” 
or  “Where  the  Wool  Comes  From,”  or  something  like  that.  But  the  chances 
of  your  finding  the  particular  editor  who  has  the  particular  story  for  which 
you  have  the  particular  illustration,  are  very  slim.  In  a few  words  and 
short,  then,  don’t  send  off  merely  pretty  pictures.  If  you  try  to  sell  beauty, 
send  something  stunning — something  that  takes  the  editor  right  off  his  feet, 
either  because  it  is  beautiful  or  because  it  has  some  spectacular  lighting 
effect. 

Night  Anto. — For  instance,  here  is  a picture  of  an  automobile  at  night, 
photographed  from  the  rear  to  give  the  effect  of  a silhouette  against  the 
light  of  its  own  headlamps.  A flash,  the  operator  hidden  by  the  machine, 
made  this  oddity  possible.  I made  it  several  years  ago  and  I still  sell  copies 
of  it. 

Mountains— Trees. — Here  is  an  example  of  a picture  so  beautiful  that 
it  can’t  help  selling!  You  will  recognize  it  at  once  as  being  an  unusual 
piece  of  photography— you  who  have  never  tried  it  are  requested  to  go  into 
the  mountains  and  make  a foreground  and  far  distant  study  like  this  and 
get  as  much  softness  and  detail  in  both  at  once — then  you  will  appreciate 
that  whoever  the  man  was  who  did  this  piece  of  Avork,  he  knew  how  to  use  a 
camera. 

Clouds  and  Snow. — Here  is  another  mountain  scene  which  is  unusual  in 
its  appeal  from  the  ruggedness  of  rock  and  snow  to  the  storm  clouds  sweep- 
ing overhead.  Of  course,  you  can’t  pack  half  a dozen  mountain  pictures  up 
and  send  them  off  to  the  Iron  Age  or  Home  Needlework  Magazine  and  get 
fifty  dollars  for  the  outfit!  You  have  to  pick  your  market.  But  the  market 
is  broader  than  the  travel  magazines  alone,  since  all  the  great  illustrated 
periodicals,  both  here  and  abroad,  occasionally  publish  pictures  of  unusual 
or  beautiful  scenery. 


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By  FOSTER  STUDIO 
Baltimore,  Md. 


Flower  Slide  (Poor). — If  they  want  snow  scenes  in  winter  for  cover  and 
for  contents,  they  as  frequently  want  flower  studies  in  spring  and  summer. 
Here  again  the  market  is  overdone  with  ordinary  pictures  and  wide  open  for 
the  unusual.  I cannot  tell  you,  nor  can  the  editor,  what  makes  the  difference 
between  a striking  and  a beautiful  and  an  ordinary  flower  picture,  both  of 
which  are  well  photographed.  But  I can  show  you.  The  one  before  you  is 
perfect  as  a photograph,  but  poor  as  a salable  picture.  It  is  too  confused, 
too  massy — almost  I said  too  messy. 

Flower  Slide  ( Good). — Here,  on  the  contrary,  is  one  which  is  clean  cut, 
striking,  dramatic  and  beautiful.  There  would  be  no  question  in  any  edi- 
tor’s mind  as  to  which  he  wanted,  if  he  wanted  either.  Neither  would  he 
doubt  that  he  wanted  none  if  I should  send  him  only  the  first  one  shown  you ! 

Venice  Pigeons. — There  is  an  exaggerated  idea  possessed  by  many 
people  who  travel  that  all  one  has  to  do  is  to  bring  back  a few  hundred  for- 
eign pictures,  to  make  his  everlasting  fortune.  Nothing  could  be  further 
from  the  truth.  Illustrations  of  almost  any  place  in  the  world  can  be 
bought  for  three  dollars  in  New  York  City.  Of  course,  travel  magazines 
and  editors  publishing  travel  stories,  get  tired  of  publishing  the  same  old 
scenes,  year  after  year,  and  they  do  buy  new  ones.  But  competition  is 
largely  stifled,  as  far  as  scenery  in  this  country  is  concerned,  by  the  adver- 
tising efforts  of  Boards  of  Trade,  Chambers  of  Commerce,  railroads  and 
steamship  lines. 

A few  years  ago  I was  in  New  Orleans.  I met  there  one  Frank  S.  Noble, 
who  comes  from  Rochester,  N.  Y.  Friend  Noble  spent  a whole  day  showing 
me  the  city.  I went  home  and  wrote  a three-thousand  word  story  about  New 
Orleans,  and  when  I got  through,  I believed  I had  lived  there  all  my  life.  I 
wanted  a lot  of  illustrations  of  New  Orleans.  Did  I buy  them?  I did  not! 
I wrote  to  a railroad,  and  the  New  Orleans  Board  of  Trade,  and  they 
swamped  me  with  free  photographs,  so  that  what  I sold  was  entirely  profit. 
One  Ann  was  paying  my  traveling  expenses,  Frank  S.  Noble  gave  me  the 
story,  and  New  Orleans  and  the  railroad  gave  me  the  photographs.  I had  a 
good  time,  and  a three-figure  check  for  the  outfit  I sent  to  the  friendly  editor. 

Well,  then,  travel  pictures  are,  as  a rule,  difficult  to  sell  because  so  many 
can  be  obtained  for  nothing.  I suppose  there  is  never  a man,  woman  or 
child  goes  to  Venice  who  doesn’t  photograph  St.  Mark’s  and  the  pigeons — 
and  tries  to  sell  it  when  they  get  home! 

Paris. — Then  they  go  to  Paris  and  take  some  of  her  wonderful  vistas — 
corking  photographs,  too,  some  of  them — like  the  one  before  you — interest- 
ing, beautiful,  and  precious  to  the  maker.  But  why  should  the  editor  buy 
them?  They  are  commonplaces  to  most  travelers,  and,  anyway,  the  big 
stock  houses,  like  Underwood  & Underwood,  or  Paul  Thompson,  have  them 
by  scores. 

Russian  Church. — The  travel  picture  which  is  more  readily  salable  is  the 
picture  which  is  of  some  special  thing,  rather  than  an  inclusive  scene.  Had 


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I been  to  Geneva  and  pictured  this  Russian  Church,  for  instance,  I do  not 
think  I would  have  much  difficulty  in  selling  it,  with  a few  facts  about  it,  to 
some  denominational  paper.  But  that  it  would  pay  me  to  go  to  Geneva  to 
make  the  picture  and  get  the  facts,  in  order  to  sell  it,  is,  of  course,  an 
absurdity. 

Alhambra  Court  Yard. — On  the  other  hand,  the  beautiful  picture  made 
as  a travel  illustration  will  always  sell — if  only  it  is  beautiful  enough.  I 
would  like  to  own  the  negative  of  this,  for  instance.  It  is  not  only  a replica 
of  a beautiful  thing  itself — it  is  a superb  example  of  photography,  taken,  as 
it  is,  against  the  light  and  yet  with  its  shadows  absolutely  transparent  and 
no  halation  whatever  to  mar  the  wonderful  carving. 

Luray. — Presumably  you  will  travel  first  and  more  in  your  own  country 
than  abroad.  And  you  will  find  a thousand  natural  wonders  here  to  photo- 
graph. The  trouble  is,  as  I have  said,  there  are  so  many  to  be  obtained  free. 
Yet  once  in  a while  you  will  find  a chance  to  get  a good  picture  of  some 
natural  phenomenon,  or  to  get  that  everlasting  “new  slant”  which  always 
spells  cash.  In  the  screen  is  a photograph  of  what  is  known  as  Skeleton 
Gorge  in  the  caverns  of  Luray,  Va.,  because  the  remains  of  some  prehistoric 
ancestors  of  yours  and  mine  are  to  be  seen  there.  You  have  probably  seen 
this  picture  in  print — at  least  it  has  been  published  many  times.  And 
whether  you  live  near  Luray  or  Mammoth  Cave,  or  the  geysers  of  the  Yel- 
lowstone, or  the  natural  bridges  of  Utah,  or  the  Grand  Canyon  of  Arizona, 
or  the  Natural  Bridge  of  Virginia,  or  Hot  Springs,  or  Niagara  Falls,  or  an 
irrigation  project  or  a petrified  forest,  there  is  always  material  which  will 
sell- — if  only  you  can  get  the  new  slant  upon  it,  different  from  what  the  other 
fellow  has  had  before  you. 

Interior.- — While  on  the  subject  of  pictures  which  sell  because  of  their 
beauty,  I want  to  mention  interiors  of  striking  loveliness  or  interest.  I also 
want  to  say  that  I am  not  showing  this  picture  because  of  its  beauty.  It  is 
the  interior  of  one  of  the  rooms  of  the  German  Embassy  in  Washington,  and 
is  interesting  because  of  the  great  value  of  the  art  objects  which  are  there. 
While  few  of  you  will  have  access  to  embassies,  all  of  you  who  practice  the 
making  of  home  portraits  will  have  the  opportunity  to  make  interiors  of 
homes,  and  such  journals  as  House  and  Garden,  American  Homes  and  Gar- 
dens, Suburban  Life,  and  Country  Life  in  America,  are  always  on  the  look- 
out for  interiors  which  show  beauty,  interest,  unique  arrangement  or  un- 
usual decoration.  While  making  a home  portrait,  it  takes  but  little  more 
time  and  only  a plate  or  so  to  secure  an  interior  of  the  room,  and  the  ma- 
jority of  home  owners  will  be  glad  to  have  you  make  such  a picture  if  you 
desire. 

Beautiful  Women. — That  Ansco  contest  to  determine  the  most  beautiful 
women  in  America  is  an  opportunity  for  all  who  make  photographs  for  illus- 
tration, and  I want  to  impress  on  you  that  it  is  not  going  to  be  won  by  femi- 
nine beauty  alone.  If  1 knew  in  advance  the  name  of  the  most  beautiful 


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woman  in  America  and  if  she  was  willing  to  pose  for  me,  would  I win  that 
prize?  I would  not.  I could  not  compete  with  you  who  are  masters  and 
mistresses  of  portraiture.  Nor  can  you,  skillful  though  you  are,  win  without 
some  beauty  of  model.  Who  wins  this  contest  is  he  who  can  best  translate  a 
woman’s  beauty  in  picture  form — who  can,  in  other  words,  best  do  it  justice 
- — -with  a new  slant ! 

Head  and  Bird. — Another  form  of  the  picture  of  beauty  alone  is  the 
fancy  or  so-called  “art”  picture  or  “art  study,”  of  which  many  are  made 
and  few  are  sold.  There  are  few  sold  because  few  are  sufficiently  beautiful. 
The  one  on  the  screen,  which  many  of  you  will  recognize  as  an  old  convention 
picture,  is  of  the  type  which  sells  to  the  manufacturers  of  calendars,  fancy 
post  cards,  etc.  At  least  one  member  of  this  body,  Mr.  Knaffi,  can  give  you 
information  regarding  such  pictures,  since  his  Madonna  is  famous  through- 
out both  homes  and  art  stores  of  the  land.  I can  speak  with  less  authority, 
because  I have  personally  done  but  little  of  such  work.  One  of  my  excur- 
sions into  it  netted  considerable  money,  however.  I refer  to 

The  Patrol — which  is  before  you.  I regret  to  say  that  the  lantern  slide 
is  by  no  means  as  good  as  the  original,  and  you  may  perhaps  wonder  what 
there  is  in  this  picture  to  make  it  sell.  I have  sometimes  wondered  myself. 
Yet  I can  only  say  that  it  has  been  exhibited  at  three  international  exposi- 
tions as  showing  the  very  spirit  of  the  life-saving  service,  that  I have  person- 
ally sold  more  than  fifty  copies,  and  that  I then  sold  the  negative  to  an  art 
company  which  paid  me  a lump  sum  and  at  the  same  time  left  me  with  the 
publication  rights  in  the  picture. 

Girl  Carrying  Camera. — The  subject  of  making  photographs  for  the 
use  of  advertisers  is  a large  one — much  too  large  to  handle  in  the  small  in- 
terval left  me.  But  it  would  surely  be  a sad  omission  if  I left  the  subject 
without  showing  a few  samples  of  advertising  photography. 

The  example  which  will  immediately  occur  to  you  all  is  that  annual 
advertising  competition  in  which  the  Eastman  Kodak  Company  offers  large 
prizes  for  the  making  of  photographs  suitable  for  its  own  advertising. 

In  these  pictures,  as  in  all  photographs  for  use  of  advertisers,  it  is  the 
idea  which  counts — not  the  mere  technical  skill.  It  is  not  sufficient  merely 
to  show  a kodak  in  use.  I know  of  a photographer  who  made  a picture  of  a 
woman  in  widow’s  weeds  kodaking  a grave  stone,  with  the  idea  of  winning  a 
kodak  prize.  Can  }'ou  imagine  any  sane  person  thinking  that  such  a picture 
would  be  good  advertising?  Thousands  of  pictures  are  sent  to  Rochester  in 
that  competition  which  are  of  no  advertising  value  whatever — merely  good 
or  bad  photographs. 

Here  is  an  example  of  good  advertising  photography  as  applied  to  the 
kodak — a picture  of  a girl  carrying  an  instrument.  It  is  a good  advertising 
picture  because  it  ties  up  a joyous  and  pretty  girl  with  a kodak. 

Bride  Picture. — Another  excellent  example  of  the  art  is  this  attractive 
picture  of  photographing  the  bride — tieing  up  the  kodak  with  an  event  which 


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is  attractive  in  itself,  and  doing  it  by  means  of  a first-class  photograph. 
Personally,  I think  the  picture  is  open  to  criticism  because  of  the  case  hang- 
ing from  the  arm  of  the  fair  photographer.  It  not  only  makes  an  unat- 
tractive black  spot  upon  the  light  dress  in  the  light  surroundings,  but  it  is 
unnatural.  Surely  the  lady  would  take  enough  pains  with  photographing 
her  friend  in  bridal  array  to  make  it  necessary  to  lay  down  the  case  while 
doing  the  work ! It  is  not  necessary  to  have  too  many  evidences  of  kodaks 
all  over  the  place  in  order  to  make  such  a picture  good  advertising. 

Girls  with  Book. — For  instance,  here  is  a first-class  advertising  picture 
which  has  no  hint  of  a kodak  in  it.  Merely  two  attractive  young  ladies  with 
an  album — by  implication  an  album  of  kodak  prints — showing  the  enjoyment 
to  be  had  out  of  a kodak  after  the  summer  is  over. 

Nor  is  it  necessary  to  make  such  pictures  with  pretty  girls,  although, 
if  one  uses  girls  at  all,  certainly  pretty  ones  are  indicated. 

Boy  Scout. — This  attractive  picture  puts  kodakery  before  the  boy 
scout  in  a way  in  which  he  must  notice  it,  and  such  a way  that  it  is  very 
likely  to  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  his  parents.  It  would  seem  that  the 
apparent  lump  of  ice  on  which  he  is  seated  might  me  metamorphosed  into 
something  more  comfortable,  and  a less  studio-like  background  might  make 
the  picture  more  natural,  but  in  spite  of  these  things,  it  is  a wholesome,  in- 
teresting, clever  picture — a good  advertising  picture. 

Boys  on  Bank. — The  obvious  naturalness  of  this  picture  needs  no  praise 
from  me.  All  boys  like  the  country,  the  woods,  the  water.  If  more  boys 
can  be  taught  to  use  kodaks  on  their  “hikes,”  then  more  cameras  and  sup- 
plies will  be  sold — and  that  is  what  advertising  is  for.  Hence,  a picture 
which  shows  two  boys  interested  in  photographing  something  on  the  river  is 
sure  to  carry  the  suggestion  to  an}'  lad  wrho  sees  it,  “By  George,  I’d  like  to 
have  a camera.  I must  ask  Dad !”  and  there  you  are. 

Omega  Oil. — Do  not  get  the  idea  that  because  the  Eastman  Kodak 
Company  offers  prizes  for  advertising  photographs,  it  is  your  only  market. 
Every  advertiser  who  uses  the  magazines  is  a possible  market.  More  and 
more  are  advertisers  coming  to  use  the  photograph  in  preference  to  the 
drawing,  painting  or  line  picture,  partly  because  of  increased  perfection  in 
the  printing  of  the  half-tones  wdiich  reproduce  photographs  and  partly  be- 
cause of  the  increased  perfection  of  the  photograph  as  a means  of  telling  a 
good  advertising  story. 

J.  Ellsworth  Gross,  who  is  famous  as  a maker  of  photographs  for  ad- 
vertisers, sends  me  this  and  the  following  pictures,  as  illustrations  of  the  fact 
that  it  is  the  idea,  not  the  photograph,  which  counts.  There  is  nothing  in 
any  of  his  photographs  which  could  not  be  duplicated  by  any  photographer, 
as  far  as  models  are  concerned.  What  you  see  is,  of  course,  the  finished 
advertisement,  not  the  original  photograph.  No  one  who  rides  in  street  cars 
but  knows  the  Omega  Oil  people — with  their  lame  backs  and  sore  legs  and 


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bruised  arms  and  aching  heads ! A perfectly  simple  idea,  but  yet  a salable 
one. 

Boy  and  Slate. — Children  make  especially  attractive  models  for  adver- 
tisers, since  we  all  respond,  more  or  less,  to  the  appeal  of  childish  beauty 
and  the  winningness  of  a childish  smile.  This  has  been  utilized  here  in  this 
attractive  picture  of  a small  boy  with  a giant  slate,  on  which  is  inscribed  a 
smile-producing  reference  to  “sending  the  holler  right  out  of  me !” 

Bachelor  Cigar. — Those  of  you  who  smoke  have  probably  sampled  a 
Bachelor  cigar.  If  you  haven’t,  ask  for  it  next  time  you  go  to  a cigar  stand 
and  notice  the  lithograph  on  the  end  of  the  box.  You  will  see  that  it  was 
made  from  this  combination  print  of  a bachelor,  seeing  in  the  curls  of  smoke 
from  his  cigar  a dream  of  his  lady  fair.  There  was  nothing  inherently  diffi- 
cult in  this  idea,  either,  any  more  than  there  was  in 

Mammy. — Mammy  and  her  bag  of  flour.  Mammy  is  famous  as  that 
cook  who  smiles  at  you  from  the  rear  of  every  magazine  on  the  news  stands, 
yet  Mammy,  like  the  cook,  started  as  an  idea  and  finished  as  a photograph 
and  a good-sized  check.  There  were  mammies  and  cooks  before  there  were 
advertisements,  and  there  are  plenty  left.  It  remains  only  for  you  to  use 
your  thinking  apparatus  to  enjoy  some  of  the  money  paid  out  for  photo- 
graphs containing  clever  advertising  ideas. 

Snow  Girl.- — The  world  is  full  of  pretty  girls.  Your  sister— -some  other 
fellow’s  sister — a professional  model — -are  to  be  found  everywhere.  This  was 
another  simple  thought — a black  background,  some  dots  of  white,  and  a 
pretty  girl  with  a muff.  Yet  it  is  an  excellent  and  attractive  advertisement, 
and,  as  such,  made  money  for  its  maker. 

Cover  Designs. — One  more  suggestion,  and  I will  tax  your  patience  no 
longer.  Making  covers  for  magazines  is  a separate  art  in  itself.  A cover 
photograph  must  either  fill  a want,  or  be,  in  some  way,  striking  or  original. 
On  the  screen  is  a picture  which  appeared  as  the  cover  photograph  of  the 
largest  motoring  magazine  published.  You  may,  perhaps,  wonder  in  what 
way  it  is  either  beautiful  or  striking.  Yet  it  covered  a magazine  which  at 
that  time  was  anxious  to  impress  upon  the  public  the  suitability  of  the  gaso- 
line car  for  woman’s  use.  The  picture  is  further  worth  a moment’s  attention 
in  that  it  combines  the  cover  photograph  with  the  advertising  photograph. 
I made  it  and  took  in  one  hundred  and  ten  dollars  for  it.  Ten  for  the  pho- 
tograph, paid  by  the  publication,  and  one  hundred  from  the  manufacturers  of 
the  car  who  were  willing  to  pay  me  that  amount  for  the  sake  of  having  me 
use  their  car  in  this  connection. 

Those  early  days  of  the  industry  are  over — such  sums  would  hardly  be 
paid  to-day  by  motor-car  manufacturers  for  such  an  opportunity.  But 
there  are  other  opportunities  just  waiting  to  be  picked  up  if  you  will  only 
look  for  them. 

Country  Life. — It  was  such  an  opportunity  which  was  embraced  in  this 
cover,  in  which  an  automobile  chasing  a dirigible  wras  the  editor’s  idea  of  a 


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cover  which  should  typify  the  spirit  of  the  new  year.  The  editor  thought  it 
would  be  a simple  matter  to  get  such  a picture,  but  after  chasing  around 
Hying  fields  in  a motor  car  for  a month  or  so  he  gave  it  up,  and  asked  me  if 
I could  get  him  such  a picture.  I told  him  I could  if  he  wouldn’t  ask  me  too 
many  questions.  He  agreed  to  throttle  his  curiosity.  I took  a friend  in 
his  car  and  had  him  wave  his  hat  at  the  air  while  I photographed  him  with 
the  camera  held  near  the  ground,  giving  plenty  of  sky  room.  To  print  in  a 
picture  of  a dirigible  actually  made  months  before  was  a simple  matter.  And 
it  wouldn’t  be  fair  to  tell  you  what  the  satisfied  editor  gave  up  for  my  simple 
device.  Have  I mentioned,  yet,  that  there  are  tricks  even  in  this  branch  of 
photography  ? 

There — I am  almost  done.  If,  however,  I have  not  succeeded  in  im- 
pressing on  you  three  things,  I will  have  failed  in  what  I undertook  to  tell. 

First — Any  one  who  cares  to  can  make  extra  money  in  selling  photo- 
graphs to  magazines,  art  companies,  calendar  companies,  postal-card  manu- 
facturers, newspapers,  advertisers,  if  he  only  will. 

Second — The  opportunities  are  everywhere — in  your  home,  across  the 
street,  all  about  you.  What  is  needed  is  human  interest  and  the  new  slant  to 
the  old  idea. 

Finally — What  is  paid  for  is  not  your  photographic  skill,  but  your 
idea ; not  your  ability  as  an  artist  so  much  as  your  ability  to  think,  to 
originate,  to  use  your  brains. 


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Photographers’  Association  of  America 


34th  annual  convention 

JUNE  15 ■ 16 • 17* 18 • 19-20,  1914 
ATLANTA,  GA. 


PROCEEDINGS 

OF  THE 

Sixth  Annual  Session  of  the 
American  Congress  of 
Photography 


Manly  W.  Tyree  President 

Raleigh,  North  Carolina 

W.  H.  Towles  First  Vice-President 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Homer  T.  Harden  Second  Vice-President 

Wichita,  Kansas 

L.  A.  Dozer  Treasurer 

Bucyuus,  Ohio 

John  I.  Hoffman  Secretary 

Washington,  D.  C. 


Roster  of  Congress  of  Photography 


Manly  W.  Ty  ree,  President  and  Chairman. 

DELEGATES. 

Alabama. — Mercer  Wilson,  Birmingham ; F.  A.  Boyle,  Mobile. 

Arizona. — A.  R.  Buchman,  Tucson. 

Arkansas. — J.  H.  Harris,  Little  Rock;  Joseph  Shrader,  Little  Rock. 
Colorado. — F.  E.  Post,  Denver. 

California. — Edward  Belle-Oudry,  Oakland;  Mr.  Webster,  Oakland. 
Delaware. — James  Cummings,  Wilmington. 

Florida. — H.  Lee  Bell,  Pensacola;  R.  E.  Neck,  Palatka. 

Georgia. — Thurston  Hatcher,  Atlanta;  G.  W.  Foltz,  Savannah. 

Illinois. — Herbert  B.  Medlar,  Woodstock ; D.  D.  Tennyson,  Litchfield. 
Indiana. — Ben  Larrimer,  Marion;  Geo.  G.  Holloway,  Terre  Haute. 

Iowa. — Chas.  F.  Townsend,  Des  Moines;  H.  E.  Voiland,  Sioux  City. 
Kentucky. — J.  L.  Cusick,  Louisville ; Mrs.  Ethel  C.  Standiford,  Louisville. 
Kansas. — Homer  T.  Harden,  Wichita;  Mrs.  J.  M.  Yoder,  Herrington. 
Louisiana.— Richard  Rolf,  PI.  D.  Harvey. 

Mississippi. — J.  A.  Hammond,  Meridian ; J.  R.  Holmes,  Louisville. 
Maryland. — John  Bachrach,  Baltimore;  J.  T.  Selby,  Baltimore. 

Michigan. — E.  E.  Doty,  Battle  Creek. 

Missouri. — F.  W.  Crowe,  Marysville;  Mamie  Gerhard,  St.  Louis. 

New  York. — Dudley  Hoyt,  New  York;  Howard  D.  Beach,  Buffalo. 

New  Jersey. — Arthur  Hull,  Long  Branch;  Geo.  W.  Wonfer,  Camden. 
Nebraska. — Julius  P.  F.  Leschinsky,  Grand  Island. 

North  Carolina. — Waller  Holliday,  Durham;  L.  L.  Higgason,  Asheville. 
Ohio. — B.  Frank  Moore,  Cleveland ; L.  F.  Redman,  Cincinnati. 

Oklahoma. — W.  E.  Brooks,  Shawnee. 

Pennsylvania. — Ryland  W.  Phillips,  Philadelphia;  J.  B.  Shriever,  Scranton. 
South  Carolina. — J.  P.  Howie,  Columbia;  W.  D.  Clark,  Charlotte. 
Tennessee. — W.  G.  Thuss,  Nashville;  James  H.  Brakebill,  Knoxville. 

Texas. — Martyn  Elliott,  Austin ; Mrs.  Martyn  Elliott,  Austin. 

Virginia. — R.  W.  Holsinger,  Charlottesville ; 0.  W.  Cole,  Danville. 

West  Virginia.- — J.  E.  Giffin,  Wheeling;  A.  T.  Proctor,  Huntington. 
Washington,  D.  C. — Geo.  W.  Harris,  Will  H.  Towles. 


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By  B.  FRANK  MOORE 
Cleveland,  Ohio 


Proceedings  of  the  Sixth  Annual  Session  of 
the  American  Congress  of  Photography 

Held  at  Atlanta,  Georgia,  Week  of  June  15,  1914 


Opening  Session,  Tuesday,  June  16,  1914,  9.30  A.  M. 

By  President  Tyree  : The  meeting  will  please  come  to  order.  I now 
declare  that  the  Sixth  Annual  Congress  of  Photography  is  now  ready  for 
business. 

I want  to  call  the  names  of  the  States  and  delegates.  Will  you  please 
answer  “Here”?  If  you  have  your  credentials  remain  in  your  seats.  Those 
of  you  who  have  not  credentials  will  immediately  come  forward  to  the  Secre- 
tary, who  will  give  you  the  cards. 

(Roll  call.) 

By  President  Tyree:  I would  like  to  hear  the  report  of  the  Committee 
on  Resolutions  that  was  appointed  yesterday  morning.  Mr.  Holsinger,  I 
believe,  is  chairman. 

By  Mr.  Holsinger:  Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  We  have 
had  a very  short  time  to  formulate  this  report ; and  we  have  not  a very  for- 
midable report  to  make.  The  first  resolution  that  we  make  is : 

“ Resolved , That  the  P.  A.  of  A.,  assembled  in  Atlanta,  wish  to  go  on 
record  as  expressing  their  feelings  of  indignation  against  the  unfair  discrimi- 
nation by  the  postal  authorities  for  not  allowing  photographs  the  benefits  of 
parcel  post  rates  ; be  it  further 

“ Resolved , That  the  Legislative  Committee  take  proper  steps  to  secure 
parcel  post  rates  for  photographs.” 

And  next:  “This  committee  having  read  with  pleasure  the  previous  is- 
sues of  the  Association  News  heartily  approve  it,  and  recommend  that  the 
same  be  issued  monthly.” 

“This  committee  recommends  that  the  Executive  Board  of  State  Socie- 
ties shall  confer  with  the  Secretary  of  the  P.  A.  of  A.  before  selecting  their 
convention  dates.” 

“The  Legislative  Committee,  having  no  insurance  statistics  to  enable 
them  to  make  an  intelligent  report  on  insurance  matters,  therefore  recom- 
mend an  appointment  of  a special  committee  to  be  composed  of  the  President 
as  chairman  and  two  or  more  members  of  his  selection  to  be  appointed  at  this 
meeting  to  secure  the  proper  information  and  report  at  the  next  convention.” 

We  have  got  a report  to  make  in  regard  to  allowing  photographers  to 
use  copyrighted  trade-marks. 


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By  W.  D.  Clark  : I move  that  the  other  matters  just  read  be  taken  up 
before  we  take  up  the  matter  of  the  trade-mark. 

By  President  Tyree:  I would  think  it  would  be  best  to  take  them  up 
one  by  one.  I am  trying  to  expedite  this  business  so  we  will  not  have  to  go 
through  a lot  of  extra  routine.  I think  they  should  be  taken  up  separately, 
one  by  one,  each  resolution,  before  it  is  adopted  or  rejected.  But  we  are 
now  simply  getting  the  entire  report. 

By  Mr.  Holsinger:  We  have  been  discriminated  against  in  the  way  of 
a trade-mark  the  same  as  we  have  in  the  parcel  post.  This  proposed  law 
changes  the  trade-mark  law  to  apply  to  photographers  as  well  as  other  busi- 
ness men.  As  it  is  now,  a great  many  men  of  ability  will  make  ten  or  fifteen 
negatives  of  a customer,  probably  ten  by  twelve,  or  eleven  by  fourteen.  They 
will  make  nice  proofs  of  each  one,  and  the  customer  will  perhaps  come  back 
with  one  proof  and  give  you  an  order ; and  the  rest  are  carried  off  to  some 
cheap  copying  house  and  copied.  They  have  got  this  man’s  ideas,  his 
methods,  his  time  and  his  work,  and  so  forth,  and  he  has  no  way  of  protect- 
ing himself.  Under  this  proposed  trade-mark  law,  we  can  stamp  every 
photograph  before  it  goes  out  and  it  makes  it  unlawful  for  any  one  to  copy 
it.  We  have  simply  taken  the  trade-mark  law  and  applied  it  to  the  photog- 
raphers. I will  read  it  to  you: 

AN  ACT  TO  AUTHORIZE  THE  COPYRIGHTING  OF  PHOTO- 
GRAPHS BY  USE  OF  TRADE-MARKS. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  of  America,  in  Congress  assembled:  That  any  person  entitled  to  copy- 
right any  photograph,  negative,  proof,  print  or  plate,  under  the  general 
copyright  laws  of  the  United  States,  may  secure  a copyright  thereof  by  com- 
plying with  the  requirements  hereinafter  set  forth. 

First.  By  obtaining  registration  of  a trade-mark,  of  the  description 
hereinafter  set  forth,  in  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the  general 
trade-mark  laws  of  the  United  States. 

Second,  (a)  By  applying,  printing  or  stamping  such  registered 
trade-mark  on  each  and  every  photograph,  negative,  proof,  print  or  plate 
made  by  him,  which  he  desires  to  copyright,  and  on  each  and  every  copy 
thereof  made  by  him,  in  such  manner  as  to  be  permanent,  legible  and  intelli- 
gible. 

( b ) Such  registered  trade-mark  shall  be  applied,  printed  or  stamped 
upon  the  photograph,  negative,  print  or  plate  or  copy  thereof,  itself,  or  upon 
the  margin  or  mounting  thereof. 

Third.  A trade-mark  within  the  meaning  of  this  act  shall  consist  of 
the  word  “copyright,”  or  the  abbreviation  “copy.,”  or  the  letter  “C,”  en- 
closed within  a circle  thus : ©.  together  with  the  name,  initial,  monogram, 
mark  or  symbol  of  the  copyright  proprietor,  and  such  other  matter  as  the 
copyright  proprietor  may  desire  if  approved  by  the  Commissioner  of  Patents, 


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and  not  prohibited  by  the  general  trade-mark  laws  of  the  United  States. 
Such  a trade-mark  shall  be  known  as  a photographer’s  trade-mark. 

Fourth.  A certificate  of  registration  of  a photographer’s  trade-mark 
under  this  act,  shall  remain  in  force  and  may  be  from  time  to  time  renewed 
by  complying  with  the  requirements  of  the  general  trade-mark  laws  of  the 
United  States,  upon  request  by  the  registrant,  his  legal  representatives  or 
transferees  of  record  in  the  Patent  Office. 

Fifth.  Any  person  who  shall  deem  himself  injured  by  the  registration 
of  a photographer’s  trade-mark  under  this  act,  shall  be  entitled  to  the  reme- 
dies provided  by  the  general  trade-mark  laws  of  the  United  States. 

Sixth.  A copyright  proprietor  under  this  act  shall  have  all  the  rights, 
privileges  and  remedies  secured  to  copyright  proprietors,  and  be  subject  to 
the  penalties  prescribed  by  the  general  copyright  laws  of  the  United  States. 

Seventh.  Any  court  given  jurisdiction  by  the  general  copyright  laws  of 
the  United  States  and  any  court  given  jurisdiction  by  the  general  trade- 
mark laws  of  the  United  States  shall  have  like  jurisdiction  of  all  actions, 
suits  or  proceedings  arising  under  this  act. 

Eighth.  Any  person  who  shall  willfully  infringe  any  copyright  se- 
cured by  this  act,  or  any  person  who  shall  knowingly  procure,  aid  or  abet 
such  infringement,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon  con- 
viction thereof  shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  for  not  exceeding  one 
year,  or  by  a fine  of  not  less  than  $100.00,  nor  more  than  $1000.00,  or  both, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Ninth.  Any  person  who  shall  use  an  unregistered  photographers’ 
trade-mark,  or  who,  after  failing  to  renew  any  such  trade-mark  as  provided 
in  this  act,  continues  to  use  the  same  by  applying,  printing  or  stamping  it 
upon  any  photograph,  negative,  proof,  print  or  plate  made  by  him  after  the 
expiration  of  the  period  for  which  such  trade-mark  was  registered  or  re- 
newed, and  any  person  who  shall  knowingly  procure,  aid  or  abet  such  use  of 
any  such  trade-mark,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  and  upon 
conviction  thereof  shall  be  punished  by  imprisonment  for  not  exceeding  one 
year  or  by  fine  of  not  less  than  $100.00  or  not  more  than  $1000.00,  or  both, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

Tenth.  The  Commissioner  of  Patents  shall  provide  and  keep  such  rec- 
ords as  are  required  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  act ; and  shall  certify 
to  the  Register  of  Copyrights  all  photographers’  trade-marks,  which  may  be 
registered  or  renewed  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

Eleventh.  The  Register  of  Copyrights  shall  provide  and  keep  such 
records  in  the  copyright  office  as  are  required  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of 
this  act. 

Twelfth.  This  act  shall  go  into  effect  on  the  first  day  of  July,  1917. 


Approved : 


R.  W.  Holsinger, 
Ben  Larrimer, 
George  W.  Harris. 


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By  Mb.  Holsinger  (continuing)  : This  bill  was  drawn  up  by  one  of 
the  most  able  lawyers  in  Virginia.  I can  read  you  some  letters  received  by 
Mr.  Walker  from  some  of  the  leading  publishing  firms  and  others.  He  has 
drawn  many  bills.  So  there  is  no  doubt  in  the  world  about  the  bill  being 
right;  and  if  we  all  stand  together  I think  we  can  get  this  through  without 
much  trouble.  We  shall  be  enabled  to  copyright  our  pictures  immediately 
when  we  get  this  through,  and  then  nobody  can  copy  our  work.  If  we  pass 
this,  I think  it  will  be  one  of  the  best  things  that  we  have  done ; and  if  we  do 
this,  it  will  show  photographers  that  we  are  really  here  to  help  them. 

I thank  you  very  much.  (Applause.) 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : In  order  to  get  the  matter 
thoroughly  before  the  Association,  I would  like  to  say  just  a few  words  on 
this. 

I don’t  believe  there  is  anything  in  the  way  of  legislation  that  has  ever 
come  up  before  us  that  is  more  interesting,  at  least  to  me,  than  this  proposi- 
tion. On  first  listening  to  it,  you  would  think,  or  one  would  naturally 
have  the  thought,  that  it  would  take  away  the  idea  of  copyright.  It  does 
not  touch  the  copyright,  so  far  as  the  laws  are  concerned  at  this  time,  but  it 
would  give  each  of  us  the  right  to  make  some  kind  of  a trade-mark  and  put 
it  on  everything  we  send  out,  it  would  then  be  illegal  for  any  one  to  make 
copies  of  work  which  carries  that  trade-mark.  Now,  if  we  copyright  a pic- 
ture you  have  to  put  it  on  the  negative  and  if  any  one  should  get  hold  of 
a print  that  does  not  have  the  copyright  mark  on,  it  would  not 
stand.  There  are  a whole  lot  of  people  that  will  not  let  you  put 
the  print  on  the  negative.  I have  found  that  we  cannot  put  our 
copyright  on  the  prints  lots  of  times  on  account  of  the  customer 
objecting.  When  they  object  to  it,  of  course  instead  of  losing  that 
business  I take  it  off.  Now  with  a trade-mark,  I don’t  think  they  would 
have  the  same  feeling,  and  if  we  pay  for  a blanket  right  to  put  that  trade- 
mark on  everything  that  we  happen  to  turn  out  we  have  got  the  whole 
thing.  I think  if  we  endorse  this  proposition  here,  now,  then  we  can  have 
this  Legislative  Committee  put  it  up  before  the  Congress,  and  bring  it  be- 
fore the  Houses  of  Congress  of  the  United  States ; then  when  it  is  up 
before  Congress  the  thing  for  ail  of  us  to  do  is  to  write  our  own  Congress- 
man, and  get  all  other  photographers  to  do  the  same  thing. 

I move  you,  Mr.  President,  that  this  Congress  and  this  convention  en- 
dorse this  legislation,  and  ask  the  Legislative  Committee  to  bring  it  up  at 
the  proper  time  and  proper  place,  and  before  the  proper  persons  to  put  it 
before  Congress. 

(Motion  seconded.) 

By  Mr.  Shrader:  Mr.  President,  I want  to  understand  that  clearly. 
You  state  that  if  you  put  the  trade-mark  on  a photograph  it  will  pre- 
vent any  other  photographer  from  making  a copy.  We  are  often  asked 
to  copy  pictures  by  people,  and  they  pay  us  for  it.  What  course  would  you 


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take  in  such  a case  where  a person  brings  you  a photograph  to  copy  and 
pays  you  for  it,  and  it  is  marked  by  some  other  man  in  the  country? 

By  President  Tyree:  I will  ask  Mr.  Holsinger,  the  father  of  this,  to 
explain  it  and  get  it  straight  in  your  mind. 

By  Mr.  Holsinger:  I did  not  understand  his  question. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  : I did.  If  this  bill  became  a law,  and  a copyrighted 
photograph  is  brought  to  a photographer  to  copy  he  would  not  be  allowed  to 
do  it.  The  rights  remain  absolutely  with  the  man  who  originally  took  the 
picture. 

By  Mr.  Shrader:  Does  the  trade-mark  do  away  with  the  copyright? 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  : This  perhaps  is  a substitute  for  the  old,  cumber- 
some, expensive  method  of  copyrighting  pictures,  by  paying  a fee  into 
the  offices  of  the  United  States  you  can  register  a trade-mark,  and  when 
you  stamp  that  upon  a negative  or  picture  it  supplants  the  present 
method  of  copyrighting  the  picture  and  it  protects  your  rights  in  the  pic- 
ture, and  no  one  has  any  right  to  make  any  sort  of  a copy  for  any7  purpose. 
This  trade-mark  picture  will  have  the  same  effect  as  if  copyrighted  under  the 
present  method. 

This  suggestion,  members  of  the  Congress  of  Photography,  is  simply  an 
easy  method  of  copyrighting  your  pictures  without  the  delay.  You  pay  in 
advance  a certain  fee  and  register  this  trade-mark,  and  as  soon  as  you  make 
a picture  you  stamp  this  trade-mark  upon  it.  In  answer  to  your  question 
(referring  to  Mr.  Shrader)  no  photographer  would  have  a right  to  make 
any  sort  of  a copy  from  a picture  that  was  stamped. 

By  Mr.  Holsinger:  This  does  not  repeal  the  old  copyright  law.  It 
leaves  it  optional  whether  he  (the  photographer)  copyrights  it  under  the 
old  method,  or  whether  he  takes  a trade-mark.  We  do  not  want  to  repeal 
it,  because  the  newspapers  would  go  down  there  in  numbers  and  defeat  the 
whole  proposition.  So  we  do  not  change  that  at  all,  but  leave  it  optional 
whether  he  takes  a trade-mark  or  not. 

By  Mr.  Shrader  : Just  taking  the  words  of  Mr.  Holsinger,  we  will  lose 
everything.  It  appears  to  me  that  we  are  asking  too  much  in  that  way. 
Suppose  somebody  has  a photograph  of  a relative,  or  whatever  it  may  be, 
taken  somewhere  thousands  of  miles  away  from  the  city  I live  in.  The  cus- 
tomer brings  me  that  photograph,  and  asks  me  to  copy  that.  It  has  a trade- 
mark of  somebody  a thousand  miles  away.  I must  say  to  the  customer, 
“Excuse  me,  I would  like  to  do  it,  but  I cannot ; it  is  against  the  law.”  Is 
that  fair  to  the  customer? 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  : This  question  was  never  put,  Mr.  President.  It 
has  been  moved  and  seconded  that  this  question  be  referred  to  the  Legisla- 
tive Committee  with  instructions  to  bring  it  before  Congress.  I would  sug- 
gest that  you  put  that  question,  and  then  ask  for  any  remarks. 

By  Mr.  Harris  : That  was  not  the  motion. 


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(Motion  read  by  stenographer  as  follows:  “I  move  you,  Mr.  President, 
that  this  Congress  and  this  convention  endorse  this  legislation,  and  ask  the 
Legislative  Committee  to  bring  it  up  at  the  proper  time  and  proper  place  and 
before  the  proper  persons  to  put  it  before  Congress.”) 

By  Mr.  Holsinger:  I suggest  that  you  had  better  state  what  legisla- 
tion this  is,  so  we  can  carry  that  resolution  before  the  committee  in  case  it 
is  necessary  to  go  to  Washington.  The  motion  says  simply  we  “endorse 
this  legislation.”  We  understand  what  legislation  he  has  reference  to,  but 
I think  it  should  be  stated  more  definitely. 

(Question  called  for,  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Abel:  May  I say  a word  or  two?  I believe  you  gentlemen  are 
laboring  under  a misapprehension  and  a misunderstanding  of  wrhat  a trade- 
mark is.  The  fact  is,  a trade-mark  is  for  the  original  business — 

By  President  Tyree  : The  motion  was  carried,  Mr.  Abel. 

By  Mr.  Abel:  Well,  I would  like  to  explain.  The  copyright  protects 
the  article  itself.  The  trade-mark  is  simply  a picture  which  designates  the 
article.  If  I put  a trade-mark  on  it,  it  simply  means  that  nobody  can  abso- 
lutely copy  that  trade-mark,  but  he  can  copy  the  article,  unless  patented. 
If  a man  brings  me  a photograph  and  I see  it  is  copyrighted,  I cannot  copy 
it.  But  if  it  says  “trade-mark”  I can  copy  it,  but  I do  not  dare  copy  the 
emblem  that  is  on  it.  The  trade-mark  merely  protects  the  trade-mark,  but 
the  copyright  protects  the  articles.  That  is  the  difference. 

By  Mr.  Holsinger:  We  understand  that.  We  have  a copy  of  the 
trade-mark  law\  If  you  will  read  that  proposed  trade-mark  law  again,  that 
w'e  have  just  carried,  you  will  see  that  we  have  just  as  carefully  protected 
our  pictures  under  the  trade-mark  as  under  the  copyright  law'.  It  is  a com- 
bination between  the  two.  No  photographer’s  trade-mark  will  be  valid, 
unless  it  includes  the  word  copyright.  It  has  got  to  be  in  his  trade-mark 
in  order  to  get  the  copyright  protection ; and  in  that  method  wre  get  the 
same  copyright  protection  we  have  under  the  old  method.  It  makes  it  un- 
lawful to  copy  a photograph  with  the  copyright  trade-mark. 

By  Mr.  Labrimer:  Will  you  allow'  me  a word  to  explain  Mr.  Abel’s 
position.  Mr.  Abel  has  explained  the  condition  as  it  now  is.  This  propo- 
sition, if  you  read  that  carefully,  changes  the  present  condition.  I appre- 
ciate Mr.  Abel’s  effort,  but  it  simply  clouded  the  issue.  It  is  not  the  way  it 
will  be  if  this  proposition  is  enacted. 

By  Mr.  Claudy  (not  a delegate):  I move  that  the  other  resolu- 
tions be  carried  as  a whole.  I do  not  think  there  is  anything  very  particular 
there,  except  the  first  one. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried  unanimously.) 

By  Mr.  White  (not  a delegate)  : If  I understand  this  bill  it  abso- 
lutely prevents  a copying  house  from  copying  a photograph  made  by  any 
one,  even  for  an  enlargement. 


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By  the  President  : If  it  is  copyrighted. 

By  Mr.  White  (not  a delegate):  Then  as  I understand  it,  this  trade- 
mark under  that  bill  is  a substitute  for  that  trade-mark.  Therefore,  I move 
you,  sir,  if  I am  in  order,  for  a reconsideration  on  this  bill,  and  that  it  be 
not  put  up  to  the  Congress  of  the  United  States  in  this  hasty  manner. 

By  Mr.  Giffin  (of  West  Virginia)  : This  matter  that  you  are  now 
discussing  has  been  passed  upon  by  this  Congress,  and  I move  you  there  be 
no  further  debate  at  this  time. 

By  President  Tyree  : There  is  no  debate.  This  gentleman  wanted  to 
talk  and  get  it  out  of  his  system. 

By  Mr.  White  (not  a delegate)  : I call  upon  the  delegates  of  Georgia 
to  move  for  a reconsideration  of  this  bill,  and  do  not  move,  gentlemen,  in 
such  a hasty  manner  over  such  an  important  matter  of  legislation. 

By  Mr.  Doty:  Mr.  President  and  Assembled  Delegates:  This  propo- 
sition is  “a  tempest  in  a tea  pot.”  What  this  bill  is  intended  to  accomplish 
is  to  give  you  better  facilities.  The  general  objection  that  a “gentleman” 
cannot  copy  a photograph  stands  to-day  exactly  as  it  will  stand  after  this 
bill  is  passed.  It  simply  gives  you  more  facilities.  You  have  the  right  to 
delegate  to  any  publisher  the  right  to  copy  any  photograph  you  have  taken, 
even  if  copyrighted.  You  now  have  the  right  to  transfer  that  authority. 
We  simply  want  greater  facilities  and  more  photographs  copyrighted.  It 
is  the  habit  of  the  theatrical  profession  to  get  reproductions  at  thirteen 
cents  a piece  and  less  down  in  New  York  City.  That  is  one  of  the  things 
we  want  to  overcome.  If  we  copyright  more  photographs,  you  will  be  bet- 
ter off.  This  bill  is  not  to  put  a muzzle  upon  the  press,  but  only  to  facili- 
tate the  copyrighting  of  photographs  and  do  away  with  that  cheap  repro- 
duction business  in  New  York.  (Applause.) 

By  President  Tyree:  You  are  under  the  wrong  impression,  Mr. 
White.  This  does  not  change  it  one  iota  from  the  present  time.  It  is  just 
the  same  now  as  it  will  be  then.  Mr.  Larrimer,  will  you  explain  it? 

By  Mr.  Larrimer:  I think  he  is  under  a misapprehension.  I will  say 
at  the  start  that  this  Photographers’  Association  is  not  working  against  the 
interests  of  the  copying  houses,  but  the  professional  copyist  in  New  York. 
If  we  are  going  to  do  anything,  the  intention  of  this  bill  was  to  raise  our 
own  standard — to  give  the  creator  the  invested  right  in  his  own  goods. 
And,  excuse  me  for  the  term,  but  it  was  our  purpose  to  throw  as  much  of 
an  obstacle  in  the  way  of  the  parasite  as  we  can. 

Now,  so  far  as  making  this  unavoidable  and  irrevocable,  I think  Mr. 
Doty  explained  it  when  he  said  it  was  “a  tempest  in  a tea  pot.”  The  whole 
proposition  is  to  make  it  easier  for  us  photographers  to  copyright  our 
stuff.  At  the  present  time  you  must  take  two  copies  and  mail  them  to 
Washington  with  a fee.  This  proposition  is  that  you  pay  an  annual  fee, 
which  all  photographers  will  not  take  advantage  of,  instead  of  going 
through  the  routine  and  bother  of  copyrighting  each  separate  picture  by 


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paying  a separate  fee.  The  annual  fee  would  register  the  copyrighted 
trade-mark,  and  all  that  is  necessary  to  do  is  to  put  it  on  the  picture  with- 
out the  formality  of  mailing  copies  to  Washington.  It  does  not  change  the 
proposition,  except  it  makes  it  easier  for  the  photographer  to  copyright 
his  pictures. 

I tell  you  I want  to  go  on  record  as  telling  this  convention  you  need 
not  be  at  all  afraid  of  this  proposition. 

By  Mr.  Harden  (of  Kansas):  It  might  also  be  well  to  enlighten  the 
brethren  as  to  the  length  of  time  this  proposition  has  been  in  existence.  If 
I remember  correctly,  and  I have  been  in  regular  attendance  at  the  con- 
ventions, this  proposition  has  now  come  up  three  years.  Therefore,  we  have 
considered  it  for  at  least  three  separate  years. 

By  President  Tyree:  I want  to  make  a statement.  In  ten  minutes 
Dudley  Hoyt  will  demonstrate  the  Seed  plates,  assisted  by  the  demon- 
strators of  the  Seed  Company.  They  wanted  about  ten  or  fifteen  minutes 
to  prepare  themselves,  and  it  is  now  twenty  minutes  after  ten.  We  got  a late 
start.  I think  that  the  delegates  ought  to  get  here  on  time. 

By  Mr.  Abel:  Could  I be  heard;  I want  just  two  minutes. 

By  President  Tyree:  Just  two  minutes. 

By  Mr.  Abel:  I just  want  to  refer  to  the  resolution  adopted,  and 
which  the  Committee  on  Legislation  adopted,  that  is  as  to  the  Photographic 
News.  I want  to  say  that  the  photographic  press  heartily  endorse  your 
publication,  the  Association  News.  We  do  ask,  however,  in  all  common 
fairness,  that  your  Association  keep  it  as  a bulletin,  as  it  is  now.  We  do 
ask  you  to  keep  from  seeking  advertising  for  that  journal.  We  do  not 
believe  it  is  the  province  of  the  Association  to  seek  advertising  for  what  you 
might  call  an  Association  publication.  It  is  merely  news  that  you  want. 
And  I want  you  to  be  sincere  with  the  photographic  press,  as  it  has  been 
sincere  with  you  in  the  past.  It  is  helping  to  upbuild  you.  I ask  you  to 
place  a resolution  in  your  endorsement  of  the  Association  News  so  that  you 
will  not  carry  advertisements  from  photographic  manufacturers  and  I really 
believe  that  I am  standing  on  my  rights  when  I ask  you  to  settle  that  ques- 
tion, gentlemen  and  delegates. 

By  Mr.  Harden  (of  Kansas):  It  is  rather  late  this  morning  to  go 
into  that  matter.  It  would  take  some  little  time  perhaps.  It  is  time  now 
to  adjourn  this  meeting  in  order  to  prepare  this  daylight  demonstration. 
I move  you  we  adjourn. 

By  President  Tyree  : I have  one  or  two  announcements  that  I want 
to  make.  At  10.30  o’clock  this  demonstration  takes  place  here.  Dudley 
Ho3't,  using  the  Seed  plates,  assisted  b}7  the  demonstrators. 

At  4.30  the  women  asked  me  to  announce  that  they  have  a meeting  of 
the  Executive  Board. 

I want  to  state  to  you  that  in  accordance  with  our  rules  as  to  the  pic- 
ture exhibits,  the  Board  decided  to  purchase  up  to  twenty  pictures  that,  in 


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By  DUDLEY  HOYT 
New  York 


the  opinion  of  the  judges,  were  worthy,  to  start  a permanent  collection  in 
the  Photographers’  Association  of  America.  We  sent  this  literature  out, 
and  I am  glad  to  state  that  the  judges  have  decided  to  purchase  eleven  pic- 
tures that  they  consider  are  worthy,  and  purchased  the  same  at  $525  each. 

No.  235— Joseph  Knaffl. 

No.  135 — Dudley  Hoyt. 

No.  261—  E.  H.  Weston. 

No.  141 — B.  Frank  Moore. 

No.  61- — H.  C.  Mann. 

No.  126 — Foster  Studio. 

No.  177— Pirie  MacDonald. 

No.  130 — Homeier  & Clark. 

No.  248— J.  W.  Porter. 

No.  229- — Hubert  Brothers. 

No.  85 — Clifford  Norton. 

I congratulate  you  gentlemen.  I wish  I were  one  of  you  myself.  I 
need  the  money. 

In  the  morning  we  have  Congress  at  9 o’clock,  and  every  man  ought  to 
be  here  and  in  his  seat. 

By  Mr.  Holloway:  In  view  of  the  fact  that  you  are  buying  a perma- 
nent collection  of  pictures,  and  that  you  have  no  place  to  keep  them,  it  gives 
me  a chance  to  get  something  out  of  my  system.  We  want  to  offer  to  you 
and  the  National  Association,  a place  in  the  Winona  Building  for  your  pic- 
tures. We  want  to  give  you  a place  there  where  you  can  come  every  year 
and  see  those  pictures ; and  then  we  also  promise  you  that  if  this  convention 
should  come  to  Indiana  next  year  we  will  move  that  Winona  Building  over 
there  so  you  can  see  it.  But  we  will  take  care  of  this  collection  for  you. 

By  President  Tyree:  At  11.30  the  ladies  take  an  automobile  ride. 
You  will  see  it  in  the  morning’s  National  Daily.  It  starts  from  here,  I be- 
lieve. 

Also  at  11.30,  on  the  stage  here,  Fred  G.  Quimby,  the  painter  of 
Sprague-Hathaway  Company,  will  show  you  the  use  of  the  air  brush  as 
applied  to  photography  and  wash  drawing  effects.  He  will  show  you  his 
work,  how  it  is  done,  and  it  should  prove  very  interesting  to  you. 

At  12.30,  recess  and  luncheon  served  at  the  Auditorium.  I understand 
that  a great  many  took  advantage  of  that  yesterday. 

At  1.30,  a daylight  demonstration  using  Cramer  plates,  conducted  by 
Howard  D.  Beach,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

At  2.30  Miss  Kate  Cameron  Simmons,  of  New  York,  will  give  the  first 
of  three  lessons,  the  subject  of  which  will  be:  Art  principles;  photography 
as  a fine  art  ; line  and  dark  and  light  arrangements. 


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Then  at  3.30,  in  this  room,  there  will  be  demonstrations  by  the  manu- 
facturers of  papers,  showing  fancy  masking,  dodging,  etc.  And  that  con- 
tinues on  up  until  the  afternoon,  late. 

At  8 o’clock  to-night,  here  in  Taft  Hall,  will  be  given  the  illustrated 
lecture,  “Photographs  for  Publication,”  by  C.  H.  C'laudy.  I made  this  an- 
nouncement yesterday  and  told  you  what  to  expect.  And  I sincerely  hope 
that  you  will  all  attend  this  lecture.  I am  sure  it  will  prove  very  interest- 
ing, as  well  as  profitable,  because  it  is  opening  up  an  entire  new  field  that  is 
being  neglected  in  your  own  territory. 

Let  us  get  here  in  the  morning  at  9 o’clock. 

There  being  no  further  business,  we  will  stand  adjourned. 


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Wednesday  Morning  Session,  June  17,  1914 

9.00  o’clock 

(President  Manly  W.  Tyree  in  the  chair;  roll  call;  and  minutes  of 
previous  meeting  were  read  and  approved.) 

By  President  Tyree:  The  Congress  is  open  for  new  business. 

By  Mr.  Belle-Oudry  (of  California):  There  is  a question  I would 
like  to  bring  before  the  Congress,  that  of  the  Temple  of  Childhood.  A num- 
ber of  our  members  have  asked  me  about  it,  and  I have  to  tell  them  I don’t 
know.  I was  approached,  before  I left  San  Francicsco,  by  one  of  their 
representatives ; and  I told  our  members  that  I would  let  them  know  when 
I come  back  from  Congress.  Is  it  possible  for  you  fellows  to  give  your 
opinion  on  that  subject? 

By  President  Tyree:  On  what  subject? 

By  Mr.  Belle-Oudry  (of  California)  : The  Temple  of  Childhood. 

By  President  Tyree:  The  Association  went  on  record,  or  perhaps  I 
should  say  there  was  an  expression  from  the  Board  that  we  do  not  favor  it. 

By  Mr.  Belle-Oudry  (of  California)  : Have  any  of  you  gentlemen 
had  any  experience  with  it? 

By  President  Tyree:  Bring  it  up  in  the  form  of  a resolution.  That 
is  the  best  way  to  get  it  before  the  Congress. 

By  Mr.  Shrader  (of  Arkansas):  In  reference  to  the  Temple  of  Child- 
hood, it  is  too  late  to  pass  a resolution. 

By  Mr.  Belle-Oudry:  They  are  going  around  among  the  photogra- 
phers asking  a donation  of  fifty  dollars.  I was  approached  by  one  of  their 
salesmen  just  before  I left,  the  day  before  I left,  and  from  what  I under- 
stand they  wanted  me  to  make  a deposit  of  fifty  dollars  with  them.  I guess 
that  is  to  pay  for  the  canvasser,  and  then  for  every  child  they  send  in  they 
wanted  me  to  sign  an  agreement  to  pay  them  one  dollar. 

By  President  Tyree:  What  is  the  size  of  your  town? 

By  Mr.  Belle-Oudry  (of  California):  Two  hundred  and  fifty  thou- 
sand people.  I know  lots  of  photographers  will  bite  at  it.  I don’t  know 
whether  it  is  a good  thing  or  not.  I don’t  want  to  pass  any  opinion  be- 
cause I know  nothing  about  it.  From  what  I have  read,  I understand  it  is 
a fraud. 

Mr.  Hammond  (of  Mississippi):  Mr.  President,  they  made  a proposi- 
tion to  me  in  my  city,  and  I am  in  a city  of  25,000;  they  wanted  $100  and 
one-fourth  of  what  I took  in. 

By  President  Tyree:  Put  it  in  the  shape  of  a resolution  and  bring 
it  up. 

By  Mr.  Holloway:  I move  you  that  they  bring  that  resolution  up 
this  morning. 


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By  President  Tyree  : I was  not  going  to  say  anything  about  it  at  this 
time,  but  from  what  I can  hear  from  different  delegates,  there  is  an  im- 
mense amount  of  business  to  come  before  this  Congress,  and  it  has  got  to  be 
gone  through  with.  We  cannot  take  care  of  it  according  to  the  program 
that  I have  arranged.  That  is  simply  impossible,  and  the  only  thing  that 
I see  for  this  body  to  do  is  to  have  a night  session,  and  if  necessary  to  run 
for  five  or  six  hours  and  clean  it  up.  I know  that  every  delegate  here  would 
be  glad  to  do  it,  so  you  can  frame  that  resolution  and  bring  it  into  that  next 
meeting. 

By  Mr.  Hatcher  (of  Georgia)  : I make  a motion  that  we  have  a night 
session ; you  to  appoint  the  time. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Harden  (of  Kansas)  : Mr.  Hance  will  be  through  by  9 o’clock 
to-night.  Let’s  have  a session  after  that.  I make  a motion  that  this  body 
meet  at  9 o’clock  to-night;  that  when  this  session  adjourns  this  morning 
that  we  adjourn  until  9 o’clock  to-night. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

By  President  Tyree:  We  are  open  for  new  business  right  now. 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : I have  a few  ideas  that  I 
would  like  to  bring  before  this  Congress  that  I consider  of  great  importance 
to  this  Association. 

One  of  them  is  the  expense  of  the  Executive  Board.  As  it  is  now,  they 
are  permitted  an  absolutely  unlimited  expense  account;  and  in  a sense  my 
proposition  is  to  put  the  Executive  Board  on  a per  diem,  so  that  we  will 
know  what  our  expenses  will  amount  to  each  year.  I believe  that  they 
should  be  allowed  their  railroad  fare,  and  about  six  dollars  from  the  day 
they  leave  home,  to  cover  their  hotel  expenses,  including  meals.  This  is  just 
a suggestion,  then  we  shall  have  an  absolutely  correct  figure  of  just  what 
the  expenses  are  going  to  be.  This  thing  of  an  unlimited  expense  account  is 
a mistake.  Some  men  are  conservative  and  some  are  extravagant,  and  this 
is  an  equalizing  proposition  and  prevents  any  overindulgence  upon  the 
Association  by  any  member  of  the  Board. 

Another  thing,  which  is  of  even  greater  importance  to  my  mind:  We 
have,  I believe,  in  the  neighborhood  of  about  twenty-two  or  twenty-five  con- 
ventions in  this  country  a year,  which  is  a mistake,  because  in  many  cases 
they  are  weak  organizations,  and  it  is  not  fair  to  the  manufacturers  to 
make  them  put  up  exhibits  where  there  are  onty  a few  photographers 
present.  I understand  some  of  our  associations  opened  this  year  with  as 
many  as  thirteen  photographers  present  on  the  opening  day.  That  is  not 
right.  It  is  an  injustice  to  the  manufacturers  to  compel  them  to  spend 
thousands  of  dollars  to  attend  these  conventions  when  they  have  more  men 
present  than  there  are  photographers.  My  proposition  wmuld  be  for  the 
National  Secretary  to  take  up  the  propositions  with  the  various  State  Asso- 
ciations throughout  the  country  and  secure  their  co-operation  in  dividing 
this  country  up  into,  say,  eight  divisions,  which  would  give  us  eight  asso- 


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ciations,  outside  of  the  National.  Each  photographer  in  that  section  must 
belong  to  the  Association.  In  that  way  it  would  give  you  State  Associa- 
tions that  would  be  strong.  It  would  give  you  a section  that  would  be 
worth  something.  This  way,  we  have  a lot  of  little  associations  around 
over  the  country  that  do  no  good  and  create  a lot  of  useless  expense.  My 
idea  is  to  divide  it  up  into  eight  sections.  It  would  be  less  expensive;  it 
would  be  a strong  organization ; and  it  would  be  in  closer  co-operation  with 
the  National.  The  divisional  convention  could  be  under  the  control  of  the 
National,  so  they  would  not  be  conflicting,  and  they  would  not  work  a hard- 
ship on  the  manufacturer.  The  year  the  National  met  in  a particular  sec- 
tion of  the  country  the  annual  convention  of  that  section  would  be  sus- 
pended. That  would  give  us  eight  meetings  throughout  the  year,  instead 
of  twenty-three  or  twenty-five. 

By  President  Tyree:  I cannot  have  any  business  come  before  this 
Congress,  unless  in  the  shape  of  a written  resolution.  It  has  got  to  be  put 
in  shape  so  we  can  get  through  with  it.  These  ideas  Mr.  Towles  advances 
are  splendid  ideas,  but  he  has  not  got  them  in  shape.  You  have  got  to  get  it 
into  shape  to  be  acted  upon. 

By  Mr.  Holloway:  Probably  after  he  gets  through  we  will  know 
whether  we  want  a resolution  on  it.  I think  we  ought  to  hear  this  out  first 
and  probably  we  can  pass  it  without  a resolution.  I think  we  ought  to  hear 
this  out  thoroughly. 

By  President  Tyree:  I want  to  hear  it  out,  too,  but  if  it  is  not  in 
shape  we  will  not  get  anywhere. 

By  Mr.  Phillips  (of  Pennsylvania)  : This  suggestion  is  an  unusually 
good  one  in  my  mind,  and  it  should  not  be  dropped.  Isn’t  there  time  for 
the  Resolution  Committee,  or  a committee  to  be  appointed,  to  report  at 
another  meeting  of  Congress  with  those  resolutions  in  form.  It  seems  to 
me  that  we  would  waste  time  in  threshing  it  out  now,  and  then  rethreshing  it 
later.  I would  put  it  in  as  a resolution  and  then  fight  it  out. 

By  President  Ty'ree:  This  Congress  comes  together  and  we  have 
three  or  four  meetings.  The  greatest  criticism  that  I know  of  that  has 
been  passed  on  this  Congress  is,  we  never  get  anywhere.  We  start  things 
and  never  finish  them;  and  then  we  are  criticised  for  it — and  the  unfortu- 
nate part  of  it  is,  that  it  is  true.  If  you  will  put  your  ideas  into  resolutions, 
and  get  it  into  shape  so  as  to  explain  it,  put  it  before  Congress,  we  will  know 
whether  we  want  it  or  not.  We  will  either  put  it  through  or  kill  it.  That  is 
my  idea.  (Applause.) 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.):  You  already  have  more 
than  half  of  what  I was  going  to  say.  It  will  not  take  much  longer  to  hear 
the  rest  of  it. 

By  President  Tyree:  I would  like  to  announce  right  now,  to  all  dele- 
gates, that  anything  you  wish  introduced  into  this  Congress  will  have  to  put 
into  workable  shape  and  written. 

Now,  Mr.  Towles,  I will  be  glad  to  hear  you  finish  it. 


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By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : I am  sorry  you  destroyed 
my  thoughts.  Concentration  of  thought  is  a very  difficult  thing  when  a 
man  is  on  his  feet,  and  I am  liable  to  miss  something  now  that  I meant  to 
say. 

My  idea  was  to  go  even  farther  than  that  in  co-operation  with  the 
State  organizations.  I would  like  to  see  it  made  possible  for  the  National 
Board  to  supply  a jury  of  judges  to  pass  upon  the  entire  exhibits  of  the 
country  during  each  year,  so  that  we  can  get  a uniform  opinion  from  the 
entire  United  States ; and  if  it  would  be  possible  to  secure  the  services  of 
the  same  men  for  a period  of  five  years,  we  would  be  getting  closer  to  the 
establishment  of  a standard,  especially  a standard  agreed  upon  by  these 
particular  men,  and  that  is  about  as  close  as  you  can  get  to  it.  It  would 
enable  us  to  make  our  Association  bigger  and  stronger  and  create  a close 
co-operation  between  the  State  and  National  organizations,  which  now  is 
absent.  Some  of  them  do  not  realize  there  is  a National.  It  could  be 
worked  out  so  it  would  be  compulsory  for  a man,  who  is  a member  of  the 
State  organization,  to  become  a member  of  the  National. 

As  the  old  saying  is,  “United  we  stand;  divided  we  fall.”  We  are  very 
much  divided  in  this  country7.  Every  little  place  where  they  get  a couple 
of  dozen  people  together  they  think  they  ought  to  have  a State  organiza- 
tion. They  organize,  but  they  don’t  accomplish  anything.  There  is  no 
strength.  There  is  no  co-operation.  But  under  this  plan,  I believe  it 
would  be  possible  to  make  it  stronger  in  the  National,  and  stronger  in  the 
State  Associations,  and  accomplish  something  nearer  a standard  in  our 
work.  The  States,  if  possible,  should  contribute  something  toward  the 
expenses  of  this  jury,  and  they  should  visit  each  meeting  during  the  year. 

By  Mr.  Shrader  (of  Arkansas)  : The  President  would  be  traveling  all 
the  time  at  six  dollars  a day? 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : No;  three  men  elected  for 
that  work.  We  would  have  seven  State  meetings  and  one  National. 

By  Mr.  Shrader  (of  Arkansas):  The  President  of  the  Association 
would  have  to  be  there. 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  I).  C.)  : Certainly  not.  The  idea  is 
to  have  the  State  Associations  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  National  so  as 
to  make  it  one  big  organization.  Now  we  are  divided;  we  don’t  accomplish 
anything. 

If  you  think  it  is  worthy  of  a resolution,  we  will  get  it  in  shape. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana):  I move  you  that  Mr.  Towles  be  re- 
quested and  instructed  by  this  body  to  condense  his  ideas  into  the  form 
of  a resolution  and  have  it  typed  and  presented  here  for  action  at  the  next 
meeting. 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : I can’t  do  it  by  to-night, 
but  I can  by  to-morrow. 

(Suggestion  approved  by  Mr.  Larrimer,  and  the  motion  as  approved 
is  seconded.) 


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By  President  Tyree:  It  has  been  moved  and  seconded  that  Mr. 
Towles  be  instructed  and  requested  by  the  Congress  to  put  this  in  the  form 
of  a resolution,  and  in  workable  shape,  and  submit  it  for  Congress’  delib- 
eration to-morrow  morning. 

( Carried.) 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.):  There  are  a good  many 
here  now  that  were  not  here  when  I brought  up  the  question  of  officers’ 
expenses. 

By  President  Tyree:  Don’t  fight  it  over  two  or  three  times.  It 
doesn’t  take  us  a week  to  do  it. 

Congress  is  ready  for  new  business. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  1).  C.)  : Mr.  President,  and  mem- 
bers of  the  Congress,  the  Legislative  Committee  has  O.  K.’d  a proposition 
submitted  by  Mr.  Dozer,  as  follows: 

“ To  the  Members  of  the  Sixth  Congress  of  Photography.  Greeting: 

“Gentlemen  : I propose  for  your  careful  consideration  the  following 
change  in  the  Constitution  of  the  Photographers’  Association  of  America: 

“Article  V,  Section  1,  now  reads:  Active  members,  initiation  fee,  $3.00; 
annual  dues,  $3.00. 

“Section  2 now  reads:  Associate  members,  no  initiation  fee;  annual 
dues,  $2.00. 

“I  propose  to  change  these  two  sections  to  read  as  follows : Article  V, 
Section  1.  Active  members,  annual  dues,  $2.00.  No  initiation  fee.  Section 
2.  Associate  members,  annual  dues,  $2.00. 

“Respectfully  submitted, 

“I,.  A.  Dozer.” 

To  that  the  Legislative  Committee  has  added  the  following.  We  have 
changed  it  a little,  and  have  brought  in  the  resolution  following: 

“ Resolved , That  the  Executive  Board  be  and  are  hereby  authorized  to 
charge  the  sum  of  $2.00  for  button  and  convention  privileges.” 

In  other  words,  as  you  members  now  are  taxed  $3.00  for  initiation  fee, 
annual  dues  $3.00,  the  plan  now  is  to  charge  $2.00  and  no  initiation  fee. 
That  will  give  a chance  to  the  officers  to  build  up  a permanent  membership. 
We  cannot  run,  as  I understand  from  the  officers,  this  convention  on  $2.00. 
So  we  give  them  the  right  to  charge  $2.00  more  for  any  one  who  attends 
this  convention  for  the  privileges  of  the  convention — $2.00  more.  If  they 
find  next  year  that  they  cannot  run  it  on  $2.00,  we  can  raise  it  a dollar. 
The  Legislative  Committee  thinks  that  this  is  one  of  the  best  things  that 
has  been  proposed.  The  whole  Board  has  been  figuring  on  this.  They  have 
all  thought  a great  deal  upon  one  idea,  and  that  is  to  try  to  build  up  a per- 
manent membership,  and  your  Legislative  Committee  thinks  that  this  is  the 
very  best  way  to  go  about  that  plan. 


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Mr.  President,  to  bring  this  matter  before  the  Congress,  I move  that  we 
adopt  this  report,  and  make  it  a matter  of  special  business  to-morrow 
morning. 

(Motion  seconded.) 

By  President  Tyree:  It  has  been  moved  and  seconded  that  we  adopt 
this  report  and  change  our  Constitution,  and  bring  it  up  as  a matter  of 
special  business  to-morrow  morning.  Are  there  any  remarks? 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana)  : I would  like  to  explain  that  a little 
bit.  That  is  in  two  sections.  The  first  part  of  it  is  constitutional,  chang- 
ing the  dues  to  $2.00  a year  and  eliminating  the  initiation  fee.  The  second 
part  is  merely  a by-law,  which  may  be  temporary  or  may  be  permanent,  or 
subject  to  change  at  your  will  at  any  time.  The  second  part  of  that  is  a 
suggestion  that  the  Board  be  authorized  to  charge  $2.00  for  entertainment 
and  instruction  at  the  convention,  and  which  the  permanent  members  who 
do  not  attend  the  convention  do  not  have  to  pay.  Also  that  this  $2.00 
annual  dues  will  include  probably  the  subscription  to  the  Association  News. 
That  is  all.  I am  just  saying  this  to  save  time. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.):  We  can  save  time  on  this 
matter  again  by  discussing  it  in  the  morning  and  not  now. 

(Question  called  for,  original  motion  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : I am  now  talking  for  Mr. 
Holsinger.  They  have  another  proposition  that  they  have  decided  on  and 
which  I cannot  bring  up  very  well  in  the  form  of  a resolution.  It  is  a mat- 
ter of  the  salary  of  the  Secretary,  and  I would  like  to  have  him  leave  the 
room  a minute  while  we  discuss  the  matter.  The  Committee  on  the  Secre- 
tary, of  course,  will  make  their  report  to  the  convention  probably  on  Fri- 
day morning.  That  will  be  finished  business,  because  it  is  all  settled. 

But  in  talking  about  the  Secretary,  it  is  a matter  of  his  future  salary 
and  just  how  we  are  going  to  conduct  his  office.  Now,  as  far  as  the  office 
and  the  location  and  all  that,  the  Legislative  Committee  thinks  that  is  up 
to  the  Board,  and  we  have  decided  in  our  minds  that  it  really  should  not  be 
taken  up  here  at  all,  only  in  the  sense  of  explanation. 

The  question  of  his  salary  is  really  what  they  wish  to  bring  up,  and  they 
have  thought  out  a scheme  which  I think  is  a very  good  one.  (I  would  like 
the  officers  to  listen,  too.)  And  that  is  that  the  salary  be  placed  at  the  point 
we  made  it  last  year,  $2000  a year.  Now  that  covers  that,  as  far  as  the 
salary  is  concerned,  but  there  ought  to  be  some  way  to  let  that  man  show 
his  work  and  to  pay  him  for  the  work  he  does,  and  at  the  same  time  do 
away  with  getting  up  before  this  body  every  year  and  asking  that  the 
salary  be  raised  or  lowered,  as  the  case  may  be.  So  we  figured  that  we 
should  take  the  active  members  and  allow  him  10  per  cent,  of  the  moneys 
received  from  the  active  members.  We  figure  that  the  commission  should 
apply  on  all  active  members  brought  into  this  organization,  and  bv  build- 
ing it  up  he  can  show  his  ability  in  that  line  better  than  any  other  way; 
and  by  making  an  arrangement  whereby  we  give  him  10  per  cent,  he  is  being 


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paid  according  to  the  success  he  has,  and  that  is  the  proposition  that  the 
Legislative  Committee  has  “O.  K.’d,”  coming  from  the  Board.  Ten  per 
cent,  of  the  amount  that  comes  in  from  the  active  members’  dues.  I could 
go  into  that  a little  further  and  explain  if  we  had  500  active  members — 

By  President  Tyree:  What  do  you  want — the  “O.  K.”  of  Congress? 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.):  They  will  have  to  “O.  K.”  it 
for  us  to  do  it.  The  convention  “O.  K.’d”  the  salary  last  year.  If  we  do 
this  once  we  are  through  with  it. 

By  President  Tyree:  Have  you  got  this  written  up? 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : How  can  you  figure  it  up? 
Let  me  explain  it  just  a minute.  On  this  10  per  cent,  basis — my  friend  here 
asked  a question,  so  let  me  explain  it.  We  have  500  active  members  this 
year.  If  this  dues  proposition  goes  through,  so  that  on  the  average  he 
would  get  $150.  He  thinks  he  can  build  this  up  to  5000  members  in  time. 
If  he  builds  it  up  to  2000  members  at  $3  apiece  that  would  be  $6000 ; he 
would  get  $600.  I think  it  is  worth  $600  to  have  2000  members.  Isn’t  it 
worth  that  money  which  we  pay  him,  if  he  can  build  it  up?  With  this  in- 
centive he  will  use  his  spare  time  to  build  this  organization  up — to  5000, 
3000,  or  1000  extra  members.  He  will  work  harder  to  build  it  up.  It  will 
be  his  business  to  build  it  up  and  he  will  work  night  and  day.  I think  it  is 
the  best  thing  we  have  thought  of. 

By  Mr.  Hatcher  (of  Georgia)  : I believe  that  this  would  be  a paying 
investment,  and  I move  that  we  adopt  it. 

By  Mr.  Redman  (of  Ohio):  I think  that  we  should  delay  this,  and 
take  a little  time  for  discussion. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : In  order  to  get  it  in  proper 
form  I will  offer  this  resolution: 

Resolved , That  the  Secretary’s  salary  be  made  $2000  a year,  and  a 
commission  of  10  per  cent,  be  allowed  on  all  moneys  received  from  active 
members’  dues. 

(Motion  is  seconded.) 

By  the  President:  You  have  heard  the  resolution;  are  there  any 
remarks  ? 

By  Mr.  Redman  (of  Ohio)  : It  appears  to  me  that  this  is  a new  office 
that  has  been  created,  and  it  is  in  the  experimental  stage  at  the  present. 
Now,  I believe  the  man  should  show  some  form,  inasmuch  as  it  is  in  the  ex- 
perimental stage,  before  any  commissions  be  paid.  If  a man  is  getting  a 
fair  salary  or  a good  salary  there  is  an  incentive  to  do  his  best  without  a 
commission.  The  commission  form  is  very  fine,  but  is  it  a paying  invest- 
ment this  year,  or  ought  it  be  held  over  for  a year  until  the  office  has  proven 
that  it  is  worthy  of  that  extra  amount  ? 

By  Mr.  Holsinger  : We  thought  it  best  to  offer  this  commission  as  an 
incentive  for  him  to  reach  out  and  get  new  members  and  get  the  dues.  The 
same  principles  are  laid  down  in  all  municipalities — that  is  almost  all  of 
them — where  the  treasurers  are  paid  a commission  on  what  they  collect. 


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They  are  paid  commissions  instead  of  salaries,  because  there  is  an  incentive 
to  reach  out  after  the  dues.  Of  course,  this  resolution  only  holds  good  for 
another  year,  and  I really  think  it  a very  good  plan  to  give  him  a commis- 
sion. We  have  over  15,000  photographers  and  perhaps  a thousand  regu- 
lar paid-up  members.  If  he  can  be  successful  in  getting  5000  new  members 
the  Association  will  be  well  paid  for  the  10  per  cent,  paid  him.  I would 
like  to  see  this  go  through. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : Don’t  forget  that  this  could 
not  apply  this  year.  It  will  begin  with  next  year.  His  salary  this  year 
will  be  two  thousand  dollars.  If  we  adopt  this  scheme  it  will  not  be  for  this 
year. 

By  Mr.  Belle-Oudry  (of  California)  : I don’t  think  this  Association 
is  very  rich;  you  are  putting  new  expenses  on  us.  There  are  lots  of  pho- 
tographers who  don’t  make  $2000,  and  I think  when  that  man  gets  $2000 
he  is  pretty  well  paid,  and  I think  that  is  all  he  deserves.  It  is  an  incentive 
for  him  to  hold  his  job. 

Mr.  Haggison  (of  North  Carolina):  Why  not  give  him  25  per  cent, 
of  the  new  members,  and  10  per  cent,  of  the  old  steady  members,  or  perhaps 
pay  him  only  for  the  increased  membership? 

By  President  Tyree:  The  officers  have  been  worrying  and  working 
over  this  proposition  for  the  entire  year,  and  with  the  assistance  of  two  or 
three  on  the  outside,  and  especially  the  committee  who  selected  this  Gen- 
eral Secretary ; and  it  is  complicated  enough  as  it  is. 

By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania)  : This  is  one  of  the  most  difficult 
things  we  had  to  combat  with  in  Pennsylvania.  We  were  forced  to  raise 
our  dues ; not  necessarily  our  dues,  but  in  some  way  to  provide  means.  The 
matter  of  increasing  the  membership  in  any  organization  is  one  of  the  most 
important. 

By  the  President:  This  is  in  regard  to  the  Secretary’s  salary. 

By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania):  I am  going  to  get  to  that. 
The  larger  your  membership  is  the  more  successful  the  organization  will 
lie.  The  more  inducement  you  can  give  your  officers,  the  more  results. 
It  seems  to  me  if  you  can  offer  your  Secretary  a fair  salary  and  a good 
commission,  it  is  an  incentive  to  build  up  your  organization.  He  is  either 
worth  $2000,  or  he  is  not  worth  10  cents.  He  is  either  worth  $3000 
or  he  is  not  worth  30  cents.  Let’s  pay  him  all  he  is  worth.  If  he  gets  us 
10,000  members  we  should  give  him  $5000.  For  that  reason  I think  that  is 
a splendid,  good  move;  one  of  the  best  things  that  I ever  heard.  (Applause.) 

By  Mr.  Holloway  (of  Indiana):  All  of  you  here  who  were  present 
at  the  last  convention  know  that  I was  opposed  to  the  permanent  Secre- 
tary plan.  But  I have  fallen  in  line  now  and  wish  to  see  it  a success.  Still 
I don’t  think  that  we  ought  to  commence  to  add  on  a commission  until  he 
has  earned  his  $2000.  I have  been  hearing  from  all  sections  of  country,  and 
they  ask,  “Why  he  hasn’t  done  anytliing  yet.”  What  has  he  done?  John 
is  a good  friend  of  mine.  I don’t  know  what  he  has  done  yet.  Let’s  wait 


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until  he  earns  his  $2000.  He  has  been  in  six  months  and  he  has  not  had  a 
chance  to  make  good,  but  until  he  earns  $2000  a year,  why  let’s  not  pay 
him  another  cent.  He  has  got  two  or  three  years  before  him  yet  before  he 
will  make  good  enough  to  make  $2000  a year  by  increase  in  the  membership. 

We  may  add  500  members  in  the  South,  and  when  we  move  North  or 
West,  we  may  lose  200  or  250  of  them.  We  have  lost  many  this  year. 
Until  we  devise  some  method  whereby  the  membership  is  going  to  stick,  we 
have  not  made  anything  on  the  membership.  Why  pay  him  more  now  until 
he  has  earned  what  we  have  agreed  to  give  him.  It  seems  to  me  that  if  I was 
placed  on  a salary  of  $2000  I would  want  to  first  earn  that  $2000.  And 
then  when  he  does,  let  us  pay  him  as  Mr.  Schriever  says.  But  let  him  earn 
every  bit  of  it.  He  has  not  had  a chance  to  make  good.  You  have  not 
seen  anything  of  John  Hoffman  yet.  John  Hoffman  has  not  been  before 
you  long  enough;  it  will  be  two  or  three  years  before  he  is  a factor.  It  is 
too  soon  to  begin  to  pay  out  a commission. 

I believe  if  it  goes  along  two  more  years,  without  adding  to  the  mem- 
bership, as  I said  before,  that  is  going  to  stick,  we  will  not  have  anything 
in  the  treasury.  If  we  pay  him  $2000  a year  and  his  expenses,  he  is  going  to 
cost  us  $3000  a year,  and  he  cannot  add  one  cent  to  our  funds  for  this  year. 
By  the  beginning  of  next  January,  after  the  expenses  are  all  paid,  we  will 
have  about  $2000  in  the  treasury  to  start  another  year.  With  $2000  ex- 
pense already  contracted  for  to  pay  out  next  year,  and  unless  he  increases 
this  membership,  and  makes  it  stick,  three  years  from  now  this  treasury  will 
be  busted,  absolutely  broke,  unless  he  makes  them  stick.  It  seems  to  me  it  is 
up  to  Congress  to  devise  some  means  whereby  we  can  get  to  our  members  and 
make  them  stick,  something  that  will  bind  us  together  closer  and  closer,  so 
that  a member  will  not  leave  the  organization.  He  pays  his  dues  wherever 
the  convention  goes,  but  does  he  stick?  That  is  why  I was  opposed 
to  the  paid  Secretary.  I find  John  a young  man,  anxious  to  make 
good,  but  he  has  not  had  the  opportunity  yet.  He  has  not  shown  that  he 
can  make  good.  I like  him  personally,  but  until  he  does  make  good  let  us 
not  add  on  any  commission.  That  is  not  practical.  What  is  the  use  of 
paying  more  than  a man  earns?  If  a man  hasn’t  made  good  in  six  months, 
why  increase  his  salary?  My  opinion  is  that  that  man  should  be  held  right 
where  he  is,  for  God  knows  that  we  have  not  any  spare  money  in  our  treas- 
ury, and  inside  of  three  years  we  will  be  broke  and  will  not  have  a cent.  It 
is  the  easiest  thing  in  the  world  to  get  up  here  and  spend  your  money,  our 
money,  but  the  thing  is,  how  are  we  going  to  get  that  money  in  so  that 
we  will  have  enough  of  it  to  do  big  things?  Now  that  is  right.  We  should 
take  into  consideration  how  much  money  we  will  have  in  the  treasury  after 
this  new  office  has  been  in  existence  a while. 

Last  year  we  had  the  big  sum  of  $7000,  representing  thirty-five  years 
of  existence,  and  we  commenced  this  year  to  spend  $3000,  and  we  have  lost 
by  coming  down  here.  The  attendance  is  not  what  it  should  be.  We  will 
not  have  $2000  next  January.  You  have  not  got  the  people  here.  The 


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next  move  we  may  be  worse  off,  and  then  we  are  broke.  With  all  due  re- 
spects to  our  friends  over  there,  if  we  go  so  far  West  we  will  not  have  a 
penny,  because  we  will  not  have  the  people.  We  have  nothing  to  hold  these 
people ; when  we  get  something  to  hold  them,  wherever  we  go,  then  we  can 
talk  business. 

By  Mr.  Foltz  (of  Georgia)  : My  friend  insinuated  that  we  have  no 
money  by  coming  here.  I think,  Mr.  President,  that  the  South  has  done  her 
best.  I do  not  like  to  hear  a man  insinuate  that  by  coming  South  this  or- 
ganization has  lost  money. 

In  regard  to  paying  that  Secretary  10  per  cent,  of  all  new  members 
coming  in  here,  I think  I want  to  heartily  endorse  the  remarks  of  my  friend 
from  Pennsylvania;  and  I hope  this  man,  Mr.  Hoffman,  will  get  the  10  per 
cent,  and  help  build  it  up,  and  not  run  down  the  organization  by  not  paying 
him  this  commission.  It  will  help  him  build  up  the  organization. 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : We  are  consuming  a lot  of 
time,  and  we  have  a good  many  things  on  our  program.  I move  we  adjourn. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana)  : I move  the  previous  question.  The 
motion  to  adjourn  had  no  second,  and  I move  the  question  be  voted  on  with- 
out further  argument. 

By  Mr.  Moore  (of  Ohio):  I don’t  understand  how  George  Holloway 
ever  come  to  be  president  of  a Rotary  Club.  The  Rotary  Club  is  a club  that 
is  always  building  up,  and  George  is  always  looking  at  the  black  side  of 
things. 

All  of  us  men  come  here  for  one  wreek  in  each  year,  and  we  go  away  from 
here  and  forget  about  this  Association.  This  Association  has  got  to  have 
somebody  that  is  plugging  for  it  all  the  time.  We  have  got  to  have  some 
one  who  is  looking  after  this  Association,  and  if  you  are  going  to  get  some- 
body to  think  about  it,  you  cannot  get  him  for  $2000.  That  is  settled;  that 
is  his  salary.  If  this  man  is  able  to  make  our  Association  a permanent  body 
in  which  all  men  will  stick  from  one  place  to  another — if  he  is  able  to  do  that 
—for  Heaven’s  sake  pay  him.  If  he  would  devote  the  same  amount  of  brain 
to  something  else  than  our  Association  he  would  be  worth  a great  deal  more 
than  $2000. 

By  Mr.  Holloway  (of  Indiana)  : I don’t  see  why  people  get  up  in- 
variably and  interpret  me  incorrectly.  Take  me  for  what  I mean.  Every 
one  of  you  know  that  I hold  my  life  membership  in  this  organization  and 
that  I treasure  it  greater  than  anything  else  I have  in  the  world,  except  my 
family.  What  I say,  I say  in  the  interest  of  the  organization.  I don’t  want 
to  take  any  more  time  and  I want  to  apologize  to  this  gentleman  (referring 
to  Mr.  Foltz,  of  Georgia). 

I have  got  the  highest  regard  in  the  world  for  the  boys  in  the  South,  but 
they  did  not  turn  out  as  we  wanted  them  to.  We  are  short  of  funds,  and  I 
am  not  saying  anything  against  the  South. 

There  is  no  use.  You  fellows  get  together  and  trump  up  against  me. 
You  all  know  how  I feel  about  the  Association.  I don’t  want  to  see  it  lose 


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money.  You  three  or  four  fellows  can  get  together  and  put  anything 
through,  if  you  want  to,  but  I am  not  going  to  let  you  if  I can  help  myself. 
I am  alone  in  this  matter.  I don’t  think  that  we  ought  to  spend  our  money 
foolishly.  I don’t  think  any  one  of  you  would  take  a man  in  your  employ, 
and  because  he  was  not  making  good  on  $2000  that  you  would  increase  his 
salary  so  he  could  make  good.  (Applause.) 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : I ask  the  personal  privilege 
of  speaking. 

Mr.  Holloway  made  the  statement  a moment  ago  that  we  had  been  get- 
ting our  heads  together  against  him.  That  is  not  so.  There  has  been  no 
such  thing.  I have  been  fighting  Mr.  Holloway  for  the  last,  at  least, 
eighteen  years.  He  always  gets  on  one  side  and  I am  on  the  other — and  he 
is  always  on  the  wrong  side.  (Laughter.)  I will  say  that  I have  never 
seen  a time  yret  but  what  he  was  on  the  dark  side.  He  is  always  slowing 
down. 

Every  successful  man  in  this  country  is  moving  forward.  When 
they  try  a new  thing  they  get  together  and  talk  it  over,  and  they  improve 
their  system  whenever  they  can.  And  in  a successful  business  everybody 
gets  together  heart  and  soul  to  make  that  business  a success. 

You  can  go  home  and  take  your  own  reception  room  women,  and  put 
them  on  a basis  of  per  cent.,  and  they  will  work  twice  as  hard  for  you. 

You  can  take  the  Secretary  of  this  organization,  and  the  reason  we 
recommended  this  10  per  cent,  is  because  he  will  get  behind  this  and  push  for 
memberships.  Of  course,  he  is  working  for  your  Association  during  the  hours 
for  which  he  is  employed ; but  his  leisure  time  he  can  put  in  on  anything  he 
pleases.  If  you  give  him  an  interest  in  the  Association  he  will  work  night 
and  day,  and  then  every  year  you  will  not  have  to  get  up  here  and  move  to 
increase  or  decrease  his  pay.  He  will  work  like  “Ned”  for  this  Association, 
and  I hope  that  you  will  put  this  thing  through. 

This  is  a progressive  movement.  It  is  a movement  of  going  ahead,  and 
it  is  not  going  backwards.  So  far  as  spending  the  money  of  this  Associa- 
tion is  concerned,  this  Association  will  be  better  off  than  it  has  ever  been, 
because  we  have  a new  proposition  as  far  as  expense  is  concerned.  For 
every  ten  cents  we  are  paying  him  we  are  getting  ninety  in  return.  We 
are  adding  to  it  and  it  will  make  the  Association  stronger.  Suppose  he 
brings  the  membership  up  to  5000  and  lie  gets  10  per  cent.  What  is  the 
10  per  cent.,  if  we  get  the  90?  It  is  not  a proposition  of  giving  him  more 
money,  but  it  is  a proposition  of  getting  more  money  and  members  for  our 
Association. 

It  is  an  efficient  and  forward  movement. 

(Motion  called  for,  put  and  carried,  31  to  7.) 

(President  Tyree  then  made  the  announcement  of  events  for  the  day, 
and  Congress  stood  adjourned  to  meet  again  at  9 o’clock  to-night.) 


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Wednesday  Night  Session  (Special),  June  17 

9.30  o’clock 

Meeting  called  to  order  at  9.30  p.  m. 

Roll  call. 

Minutes  of  previous  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

By  President  Tyree  : I want  to  ask  you  if  there  had  better  not  be 
a time  limit  put  on  the  speeches.  If  you  put  a time  limit  you  give  the  chair- 
man a chance  to  call  a man  down,  and  I think  we  had  better  do  that. 

By  Mr.  Holliday  (of  North  Carolina)  : I move  you  that  we  make  it 
three  minutes. 

(Seconded.) 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana)  : I suggest  that  you  incorporate  in 
that,  under  the  regular  parliamentary  rulings,  that  no  member  will  be 
allowed  to  talk  a second  time  without  the  unanimous  consent  of  the  Con- 
gress. 

(Motion  put  and  carried.) 

By  President  Tyree:  This  Congress  is  open  for  new  business. 

By  Mr.  Belle-Oudry  (of  California):  I want  to  offer  a resolution  on 
the  subject  of  the  Temple  of  Childhood. 

To  the  Congress  of  the  Photographers'  Association  of  America: 

Whereas,  The  plan  of  a company  known  as  the  Child  Life  Exhibit 
Company,  or  the  Temple  of  Childhood,  is  conducting  a scheme  that  is  detri- 
mental to  the  interest  of  the  photographers  of  America,  inasmuch  as  the 
Temple  of  Childhood  scheme  destroys  the  confidence  of  our  patrons,  and 
we  therefore  deem  it  unfair  and  an  illegitimate  method  of  procuring  busi- 
ness ; therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  we,  the  Congress  of  Photographers’  Association  of 
America,  go  on  record  and  condemn  the  method  and  schemes  of  the  Temple 
of  Childhood  as  being  unbusinesslike  and  not  profitable  to  the  photogra- 
phers of  America. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana):  In  order  to  bring  this  before  the 
house,  I move  the  adoption  of  that  resolution. 

(Motion  seconded.) 

By  President  Tyree:  It  is  moved  and  seconded  that  we  adopt  the 
resolution  as  it  stands.  Are  there  any  remarks? 

Mr.  Phillips  (of  Pennsylvania):  I object  to  the  word  “illegitimate.” 
The  insertion  of  unfair  would  be  a great  deal  better.  I don’t  think  we  want 
to  go  on  record  that  way,  no  matter  how  much  we  wish  to  condemn  this ; I 
am  in  favor  of  this,  but  I am  not  in  favor  of  this  Association  using  that 
word. 


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By  Mr.  Abel  (of  Cleveland,  and  not  a delegate):  If  you  will  allow 
me  a few  words. 

By  President  Tyree:  There  seems  to  be  no  objections,  so  we  will 
allow  you,  Mr.  Abel,  to  speak. 

By  Mr.  Abel  (of  Cleveland,  and  not  a delegate)  : There  are  several 
words  used  there  that  will  put  you  in  bad,  but  with  a little  change  you  can 
make  it  read  just  as  strong  and  be  just  as  good  for  you. 

By  President  Tyree:  I think  that  is  good.  And  I want  to  tell  you 
now,  Mr.  Belle-Oudry,  that  it  seems  as  if  they  want  it  to  be  put  through. 
The  wording  is  what  we  object  to,  and  if  that  was  changed  and  rewritten  I 
think  that  we  could  dispose  of  this  very  quickly  and  avoid  every  question. 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : It  can  be  rewritten  right 

now. 

By  President  Tyree:  There  is  no  use  of  talking  on  it.  All  we  have  to 
do  is  to  change  the  wording,  and  let’s  do  it.  Let’s  not  every  man  get  up 
and  say  he  objects  to  such  and  such  a word.  I am  trying  to  expedite  busi- 
ness. 

By  Mr.  Harden  (of  Kansas)  : My  suggestion  is,  as  the  resolution 
reads  it  covers  all  of  the  exhibits  in  that  building.  Our  interests  are  only 
in  the  photographic  concession  part  of  it. 

And  I move  you  that  this  resolution  be  referred  to  the  Committee  on 
Legislation  with  instructions  to  incorporate  these  different  suggestions  and 
put  it  in  the  right  shape  and  bring  it  up. 

(Motion  seconded  and  put.) 

By  President  Tyree:  Are  there  any  remarks? 

By  Mr.  Giffin  (of  West  Virginia)  : I am  compelled  to  take  the  same 
position  on  it  to-night  that  I did  in  our  little  State  Association  last  fall ; 
and  that  is,  that  we  have  an  Association,  and  as  such  have  nothing  in  par- 
ticular to  do  with  this.  We  must  first  remember  that  the  Temple  of  Child- 
hood has  not  asked  us  for  advice.  They  have  not  come  to  us  as  a body  for 
co-operation,  and  therefore  we  have  nothing  in  common  at  all  with  them  as 
a body.  I am  somewhat  surprised  that  this  bill  was  framed  in  the  manner 
it  is.  If  put  up  here,  I certainly  do  hope  it  will  be  modified  so  that  we  will 
not  insult  some  of  the  best  people  in  our  Association,  and  some  of  the  most 
substantial  men  in  the  country.  I want  to  go  on  record  as  saying  that  I 
believe  it  is  not  a good  thing  for  photographers,  but  I do  not  think  it  is  up 
to  the  Association  to  condemn  a private  enterprise  and  private  people  be- 
cause of  the  scheme.  It  is  an  individual  affair,  pure  and  simple. 

By  President  Tyree:  Are  there  any  other  remarks?  Are  you  ready 
for  the  question? 

(Question  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Post  (of  Colorado):  The  Woman’’ s World,  of  New  York,  is 
running  a scheme  very  similar  to  this  Temple  of  Childhood.  I thought  per- 
haps this  scheme  might  be  included  in  that.  It  is  very  similar  to  it,  which 
wrould  make  it  in  the  same  class.  It  makes  the  photographer  pay  a dollar 


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for  every  name  that  is  sent  in  to  the  official  photographer  in  that  territory. 
The  album  is  to  hold  30,000  pictures.  I would  like  to  see  that  scheme  in- 
cluded with  this. 

By  President  Tyree:  I believe  you  are  correct,  and  I think  that 
Congress  is  against  such  schemes  of  all  kinds,  but  I don’t  know  as  we  can 
nurse  all  this  stuff. 

The  Congress  is  ready  and  open  for  new  business. 

By  Mr.  Giffin  (of  West  Virginia):  This  Temple  of  Childhood  has 
prompted  me  to  think  out  another  line,  possibly  somewhat  similar  you  may 
say,  and  that  is  this.  I thought  of  a scheme  that  would  be  possible  for  one 
State  or  all  States  to  be  represented  at  the  Panama  Exposition.  In  fram- 
ing it  up  I first  went  to  our  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and  a few 
promoters  of  our  neighborhood  in  regard  to  the  Panama  Exposition,  and 
told  them  of  my  plan.  They  thought  it  was  a good  one,  and  asked  me  to 
see  the  Governor  of  our  State.  The  plan  was  this : To  let  the  State  of  West 
Virginia,  we  will  say  for  instance,  set  apart  a portion  of  their  building  for 
children’s  portraits.  We  would  call  that  “West  Virginia  Youth.”  The 
whole  affair  would  be  conducted  by  the  State  of  West  Virginia — their  seal, 
their  co-operation,  they  to  offer  some  medals  perhaps ; and  then  let  us  pho- 
tographers co-operate  with  them  and  furnish  them  the  pictures.  We  then 
would  be  in  a position  to  go  to  work  and  offer  any  extra  inducement  that  we 
might  want  to  do,  legitimately,  in  connection  with  our  State  to  carry  out 
this  scheme.  This  would  bring  in  a lot  of  business  and  would  be  done  in  an 
honest  and  legitimate  way.  So  I think  that  that  plan  could  be  worked  out 
in  any  State  that  might  want  to  do  it,  without  any  reflections. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana)  : Mr.  President,  I am  reading  this  for 
Mr.  Holsinger,  whose  voice  is  not  in  the  best  condition.  I will  say  this  was 
done  hurriedly,  but  to  the  best  of  our  ability,  and  was  put  in  such  phrase- 
ology that  states  it  clearly  and  you  can  pass  upon  it,  yes  or  no,  without 
quibbling : 

Whereas,  A company,  known  as  the  Child  Life  Exhibit  Company  or 
the  Temple  of  Childhood,  has  adopted  a plan  for  securing  pictures  of  chil- 
dren that  we  deem  detrimental  to  the  best  interest  of  the  members  of  our 
Association,  as  it  destroys  the  confidence  of  our  patrons,  which  is  our  most 
valuable  asset;  and  we  deem  it  unethical  and  an  unfair  method  of  attempt- 
ing to  procure  business ; therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  we,  the  Congress  of  Photography,  condemn  this  plan 
of  the  Temple  of  Childhood  as  being  unprofitable  and  opposing  the  spirit  of 
fraternalism,  which  is  the  foundation  of  our  Association. 

By  Mr.  Holsinger  (of  Virginia):  I move  the  adoption  of  the  resolu- 
tion. 

(Motion  seconded.) 

By  the  President:  It  has  been  moved  and  seconded  that  we  adopt 
the  resolution.  Are  there  any  remarks? 


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By  HOMEIER  & CLARK 
Richmond,  Va. 


By  Mr.  Giffin  (of  West  Virginia)  : I move  that  this  resolution  be 
tabled. 

By  President  Tyree:  I fail  to  hear  a second.  Are  there  any  re- 
marks ? 

(Question  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania)  : I have  a matter  that  I desire  to 
present  to  you  and  I don’t  know  whether  I can  do  it  in  three  minutes,  but 
will  try  to  do  so  as  far  as  possible. 

We  members  of  the  National  Association  have  devoted  a great  deal  of 
time  in  the  past  to  instruction.  We  have  been  very  successful  along  this 
line.  But  it  seems  to  me  that  the  time  has  come  when  we  should  devote  some 
time  to  the  business  end  of  photography. 

There  is  not  any  other  profession  in  the  world  that  has  the  possibili- 
ties that  we  have  as  a profession  to  obtain  publicity  and  advertising  at  no 
cost  whatever.  We  have  great  advertising  possibilities  out  of  the  magazines 
through  the  Association,  and  it  will  benefit  all  of  the  photographers. 

Every  profession  in  the  land  is  looking  for  advertising  of  some  kind 
indirectly.  All  merchants  are  using  every  means  for  advertising  their  busi- 
ness. They  are  devoting  a certain  percentage  of  their  business  toward  ad- 
vertising. The  fact  is  to-day  that  photographers  should  try  to  gain  some 
of  the  patronage,  or  should  get  some  of  the  money,  that  is  being  invested 
and  spent  for  things  other  than  photographs.  I believe  that  some  induce- 
ment should  be  offered  the  public  to  get  them,  to  induce  them  to  spend  more 
money  for  photographs. 

We  have  a plan  that  we  have  adopted  in  Pennsjdvania  whereby  we  be- 
lieve that  we  can  get  people  to  talking,  thinking  and  dreaming  of  photo- 
graphs. The  more  we  can  get  people  to  talk  photographs,  the  more  we  can 
get  them  to  think  of  photographs,  the  more  they  are  tempted  to  have  pho- 
tographs made.  With  this  idea  in  mind,  I have  taken  it  upon  myself  to 
visit  some  of  the  magazine  proprietors  to  see  if  there  was  not  some  means 
whereby  we  could  get  them  to  write  articles  in  these  magazines  on  photog- 
raphy, thus  bringing  to  the  minds  of  the  people  photography  all  the  time, 
with  the  result  before  our  spring  convention  I had  two  men  call  upon  me  in 
the  matter,  and  they  intimated  that  they  would  only  be  too  glad  to  bring  it 
up,  but  in  a different  way  from  what  I have  outlined. 

We,  at  Scranton,  adopted  a resolution,  but  since  that  time  I went  to  a 
publisher  in  New  York  and  outlined  my  plan — and  I only  had  fifteen  min- 
utes with  him,  as  he  was  leaving  for  Europe  that  afternoon.  This  man  pub- 
lishes a magazine  with  over  a million  circulation.  He  said,  “Mr.  Schriever, 
if  we  can  have  the  exclusive  right,  we  will  devote  two  pages  each  month  for 
a year  to  this.”  My  idea  was  to  get  one  magazine  to  take  up  woman’s  por- 
traiture, for  instance;  another  to  take  up  men’s  portraiture,  and  a third  to 
take  up  the  commercial  and  scientific  side  of  photography ; taking  three  dif- 
ferent subjects  to  handle,  and  giving  the  magazine  the  exclusive  articles  for 
one  year. 


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It  is  an  inducement  to  them,  and  it  is  better  for  us,  for  we  can  pre- 
pare articles  enough  for  all  three  magazines.  I also  saw  the  representative 
of  a scientific  magazine,  and  he  said,  “My  publication  is  open  to  you.” 
From  these  three  magazines,  with  three  millions  of  readers,  we  can  receive 
two  pages  from  each  every  month  for  one  year,  and  it  does  not  cost  us  one 
cent. 

I have  prepared  a resolution  to  present  before  this  body. 

Whereas,  The  P.  A.  of  A.  has  arrived  at  a time  when  it  has  reached  a 
stage  for  making  known  to  the  public  its  advancements  in  all  lines  of  pho- 
tography ; and 

Whereas,  We  understand  that  some  of  the  general  magazines  will 
gladly  devote  a department  of  their  publications  to  photography  and  stand 
ready  to  publish  articles  on  this  subject,  provided  the  necessary  data  and 
illustrations  are  furnished  them  by  this  society ; and 

Whereas,  The  Pennsylvania  Society,  at  their  late  convention,  adopted 
resolutions  and  has  appropriated  one  hundred  ($100.00)  dollars  toward 
this  fund  for  the  furtherance  of  this  proposition,  provided  the  P.  A.  of  A. 
contributes  an  amount  of  not  less  than  two  hundred  ($200.00)  dollars,  and 
that  they  will  also  extend  an  invitation  to  all  other  State  societies  to  con- 
tribute any  amount  they  see  fit  to  assist  in  the  carrying  out  of  these  plans ; 
therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  we,  the  delegates  to  the  Congress  of  Photography,  do 
hereby  give  this  proposition  our  hearty  approval  and  endorsement,  and 
empower  the  President  to  proceed  with  the  raising  of  funds  for  this  pur- 
pose and  the  carrying  out  of  these  plans,  and  when  this  fund  has  reached 
an  amount  sufficient  to  warrant  the  proceedings  with  the  work  the  Presi- 
dent is  empowered  to  proceed  with  the  execution  of  the  work. 

I offer  this  resolution  and  I ask  its  adoption  by  this  Congress. 

By  Mr.  Cole  (of  Virginia):  I move  its  adoption. 

By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania)  : My  idea  was  that  we  should  get 
all  the  advertising  we  can  where  we  can  get  it  for  nothing.  There  is  not  an- 
other organization  in  the  world  that  has  the  opportunity  to  get  this  advertis- 
ing free,  as  we  can.  It  will  take  a little  money  to  get  this  data  together  and 
take  care  of  the  expense.  The  story  must  be  written  in  a way  that  will  in- 
terest the  general  public.  My  idea  is  to  furnish  the  data  and  get  the  mag- 
azines to  write  the  articles.  I don’t  suppose  the  first  year  it  will  require 
over  $1000  to  cover  expenses.  That  is  merely  to  get  your  committee  to 
working,  and  there  must  be  some  funds  in  order  to  take  care  of  them. 

By  Mr.  Phillips  (of  Pennsylvania):  I want  to  make  one  thing  clear, 
and  that  is,  that  photographs  to  be  used  as  illustrations  in  these  articles 
should  not  be  used  with  the  names  of  the  photographers  who  made  them. 
That  was  thoroughly  understood  with  the  Pennsylvania  Association,  but  is 
not  in  these  resolutions,  but  it  should  be  understood  before  it  goes  before 
the  committee. 


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By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania):  The  idea  is  to  have  no  names 
whatever. 

Mr.  Holloway  (of  Indiana):  I heartily  endorse  the  plan  that  Mr. 
Schriever  has  outlined,  because  that  recalls  to  my  mind,  back  in  1894,  when 
I conceived  the  beautiful  plan  of  having  stories  written  and  published  in  the 
magazines  so  as  to  go  broadcast  over  the  land,  one  of  the  objects  of  which 
would  be  to  point  out  the  misfortune,  or  something  of  that  kind,  from  not 
having  the  pictures  of  some  dear  relative,  and  I went  so  far  as  to  present 
this  before  the  Association — the  year  I was  President  we  met  in  Boston,  and 
we  met  before  the  Brush  and  Lens  Club,  and  it  was  fresh  in  my  mind.  They 
all  said  to  a man,  “that  is  a good  thing,  go  ahead  and  do  it.”  I suppose  I 
looked  like  a fellow  who  had  several  thousand  dollars  in  my  “jeans.”  Every- 
body thought  the  plan  was  all  right,  but  nobody  came  forward  to  assist  me. 
I happened  to  write  one  story  myself  when  I was  in  the  right  mood.  This 
little  story  was  entitled  “Uncle  Billy’s  Version  of  a Lost  Opportunity.” 

I will  try  to  outline  a little  of  it  so  you  can  get  my  idea.  I laid  the 
scene  around  a club,  wherein  the  members  of  the  club  were  staying  in 
the  summer  time.  I don’t  want  you  to  think  that  I am  an  author,  but  the 
idea  appealed  to  me,  and  how  it  could  be  carried  out  if  we  had  some 
good  author  to  write  this  story  for  us.  This  scene  was  laid  in  the  club 
room ; the  men  were  there,  and  their  wives  were  away,  and  the  question  came 
up  as  to  what  was  their  greatest  lost  opportunity.  And  finally  they  called 
on  Uncle  Billy,  who  was  a favorite,  to  give  his  version  of  what  he  considered 
his  greatest  lost  opportunity.  The  story  wound  up  by  the  death  of  a little 
child — not  his  own,  but  of  a very  dear  neighbor;  and  they  had  planned 
several  times  to  have  the  picture  taken  of  the  child,  but  something  came  up 
and  they  put  it  off.  And  it  wound  up  by  saying  that  that  was  the  greatest 
lost  opportunity  that  he  ever  knew  of  in  his  life. 

I think  if  we  get  stories  along  that  line,  so  when  people  read  these 
stories  they  will  know  the  duty  before  them,  what  they  ought  to  do.  Now 
I had  conceived  this  idea  when  I was  elected  President  of  the  Association, 
and  then  following  that  I came  across  some  magazines  that  were  published 
in  Indianapolis,  and  I came  across  one  story  devoted  to  insurance  It  was 
written  by  a man  by  the  name  of  Flower,  and  that  story  told  of  half  a dozen 
different  phases  of  insurance.  But  in  writing  them,  there  was  not  the  name 
of  any  insurance  company.  He  dealt  with  life  insurance,  casualty  insur- 
ance, and  insurance  as  an  investment  financially,  and  I venture  to  say  that 
people  who  read  those  stories  were  more  or  less  induced  to  take  out  insur- 
ance. I kept  right  up  with  the  series  of  stories  because  it  was  right  along 
the  line  of  my  thought,  and  I knew  then  that  I was  on  the  right  track  in  its 
application,  but  I did  not  have  the  spare  money  to  carry  it  out. 

Mr.  Schriever’ s idea,  while  it  is  different  from  mine,  is  good  and  the  two 
can  be  worked  out  together;  and  every  magazine  in  the  country  would 
publish  stories  if  they  were  exclusive.  The  only  question  is  of  getting  some 
one  to  write  those  stories,  and  I believe,  as  several  magazines  already 


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promised  to  give  us  two  pages  a month  for  a year,  that  we  ought  to  go  just 
a little  further  and  get  these  stories  well  written,  and  if  it  is  possible  to  get 
them  broadcast  over  the  country,  it  will  be  a big  help  to  all  photographers. 

Mr.  Phillips  just  said  that  no  man’s  name  should  be  mentioned.  That  is 
one  thing  you  would  have  to  watch  for,  or  some  fellow  will  get  in  his  name 
some  way.  No  fellow’s  name  should  be  in  there,  and  it  should  be  written  so 
you  could  not  help  reading  it.  We  all  know  that  there  was  a large  fund 
provided  by  the  life  insurance  companies  to  take  care  of  that  campaign. 

It  has  been  ten  years  since  I had  that  idea,  and  I am  glad  to  see  that 
some  one  has  a better  one. 

Mr.  Dozer  (of  Ohio)  : The  success  or  failure  of  the  whole  thing  lies  in 
the  sort  of  story  you  have,  and  what  it  represents.  We  talk  about  photog- 
raphy— the  brightest  lights  you  see  are  in  front  of  the  picture  show. 
People  are  spending  lots  of  money  for  photography.  While  it  is  moving 
pictures,  yet  it  is  photography.  We  want  to  get  people  to  want  pictures 
of  themselves  and  their  families.  It  is  not  just  photography  that  we  want 
to  advertise,  but  those  engaged  in  professional  photography.  We  want  to 
get  people  into  the  notion  of  getting  pictures  of  themselves  and  their 
families. 

By  President  Tyree:  As  I understand  this  resolution  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Society  has  already  donated  $100,  provided  the  P.  A.  of  A.  votes 
$200,  and  the  plan  is  to  get  all  other  State  societies  to  join  with  us  in  rais- 
ing the  funds  to  carry  this  out ; and  the  President  be  empowered,  when  he  has 
sufficient  funds,  to  appoint  a committee  to  carry  out  this  plan. 

By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania):  I might  state,  Mr.  Pi’esident, 
that  these  magazines  furnish  the  editors — we  furnish  the  data  and  the  illus- 
trations, and  then  the  stories  are  subject  to  our  “O.  K.” 

By  President  Tyree:  It  is  up  to  the  President  then  when  he  thinks 
he  has  sufficient  funds  to  carry  on  this  work? 

By  Mr.  Dozer  (of  Ohio):  Did  you  enter  into  the  discussion  of  the 
class  of  stuff;  do  they  want  stories — fiction?  Did  you  talk  to  them  about 
this?  Or  have  they  in  mind  some  scientific  facts? 

By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania)  : I went  into  detail  of  four  stories. 
The  first  story  was  “Advancement  in  Photography.”  The  second  story 
would  be  “Picture  Portraits  of  Women.”  And  the  third  story  would  be 
“Principles  of  Woman  Portraiture,”  and  the  final  number  would  be  “The 
Pictures  in  the  Home  Pioperly  Hung.”  I told  the  editor  about  the  method 
of  decorating  the  home,  and  it  seemed  to  appeal  to  him,  and  he  wanted  to 
know  how  they  should  be  hung. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : You  know’  when  you  talk 
about  advertising  photography  you  hit  a subject  that  covers  every  man  in 
photography,  and  covers  the  whole  country  at  large.  There  is  no  question 
about  it  that  if  wTe  get.  something  in  the  way  of  a place  that  would  advertise 
photography  in  the  right  w^ay,  it  would  not  be  any  time  at  all  until  we  would 
all  double  our  business,  because  we  all  know  there  are  not  enough  photogra- 


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pliers  who  are  competent.  How  many  times  do  we  remember  of  the 
photograph  being  brought  in  of  a dear  mother,  or  wife,  and  we  had  to  re- 
produce it  from  an  old,  soiled,  inferior  picture.  And  we  have  to  make  it  look 
as  near  as  we  can  what  the  mother  thinks,  or  the  father  thinks,  the  children 
looked  like  when  they  died. 

Now  this  scheme,  this  plan,  is  a good  one,  it  seems  to  me,  if  we  could  get 
it  to  going.  I would  like  to  see  this  thing  right  away,  but  I don’t  know 
hardly  how  to  see  it.  If  we  could  appoint  a committee,  and  not  wait  until 
these  gentlemen  get  to  it,  it  would  be  better.  Appoint  a committee  and  let 
them  devise  a scheme  and  a plan  that  will  push  this  forward.  The  faster 
and  the  quicker  we  get  it  together  the  better  it  will  be  for  all  of  us.  I think 
the  best  plan  would  be  to  get  this  committee  going  and  they  will  move  it 
quicker  than  the  Board  could  do  it. 

I would  like  to  see  Mr.  Schriever’s  plan  tried.  It  would  be  the  best  plan 
to  appoint  him  a member  of  that  committee,  and  let  them  get  to  work  on  it, 
and  keep  on  working  for  it,  for  no  doubt  this  thing  would  do  more  good  for 
photography  than  anything  else  we  know  of. 

It  is  not  a hard  thing  to  get  the  magazines.  I don’t  question  that. 
The  magazines  are  looking  for  something  new  all  the  time.  Now  they  will 
accept  it  if  we  can  get  them  the  data,  which  is  a hard  thing,  and  they  will 
furnish  the  writers,  but  they  have  got  to  get  the  idea  from  us.  They  can- 
not do  without  that.  It  seems  to  me  if  we  could  get  a committee  going 
perhaps  they  could  get  action  quicker. 

By  President  Tyree:  The  reason  I was  very  careful  to  state  the 
proposition  to  you  the  way  I did,  is  that  I thought  it  would  not  do  to  delay  it 
the  way  we  might  have  to.  It  should  be  attended  to  promptly  and  you  would 
leave  it  to  the  President  to  wait  until  he  saw  fit,  or  rather  until  he  had  suf- 
ficient funds  to  go  ahead.  That  is  why  I am  so  glad  that  Mr.  Harris  has 
spoken  on  this  and  brought  it  up.  I should  think  it  would  be  best  to  ap- 
point a committee  to  go  to  work  on  it  at  once. 

While  I am  on  this  line,  I want  to  tell  you  something.  When  you  are 
appointed  on  a committee  and  accept,  your  obligations  to  do  your  work 
are  just  as  much  and  just  as  strong  as  when  you  are  elected  an  officer  of 
this  Association.  When  you  elect  a man  president  of  the  P.  A.  of  A.  you 
expect  him  to  devote  enough  time  to  make  you  a president,  and  make  your 
Association  progress,  and  do  just  as  much  for  the  Association  as  he  is  able. 
In  the  way  of  a committee,  when  you  are  appointed  on  a committee  you 
ought  to  do  the  work  of  that  committee.  When  you  are  appointed  on  a 
committee  don’t  wait  until  you  come  to  the  meeting  next  year  and  then  meet 
for  two  or  three  hours  and  make  up  your  report.  Committees  sometimes  do 
not  do  what  they  should.  A man  should  not  accept  a committee  appoint- 
ment unless  he  intends  to  carry  on  the  work.  (Applause.) 

By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania)  : My  only  object  in  making  the 
delay  was  to  raise  some  funds.  We  have  got  to  have  some  funds  in  order 
to  get  this  thing  pushed.  We  have  got  to  get  in  touch  with  each  other,  and 


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it  will  take  some  money.  I presume  in  three  months  we  could  get  some 
money.  If  you  will  appropriate  $200  for  this  we  can  get  it  started.  I got 
$100  from  our  State. 

By  Mr.  Holliday  (of  North  Carolina):  I know  of  nothing  that  will 
do  photography  as  much  good  as  this  idea.  I think  the  quicker,  the  better ; 
and  if  it  is  not  out  of  order  I would  like  to  move  that  we  appropriate  $200. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.) : Mr.  Chambers  suggests 
that  perhaps  the  manufacturers  will  help. 

By  Mr.  Doty  (of  Michigan):  It  was  my  intention  to  bring  it  before 
the  Ohio-Michigan  Association  at  our  meeting  in  August ; and  while  we 
cannot  make  any  positive  promises,  I have  every  reason  to  believe  that  you 
will  have  an  appropriation  from  the  Ohio-Michigan  Association. 

Just  to  verify  this,  I will  say  that  I personally  have  been  making  a 
good  deal  of  advertising  absolutely  without  expense  in  a very  similar  man- 
ner. I happen  to  be  lucky  enough  to  keep  in  touch  personalty  with  the 
manager  of  the  Publishers’  Syndicate,  and  found  that  he  wanted  stuff  of 
that  kind.  And  he  was  after  me  all  the  time  for  some  such  stuff  that  would 
be  interesting  reading,  and  so  I have  been  giving  him  some  stuff  from  time 
to  time,  and  somewhere  in  it  there  is  a touch  of  Doty.  There  is  one  little 
story  that  has  gone  clear  to  the  London  Times ; The  Youth's  Companion 
published  it  a short  time  ago,  and  the  New  York  Tribune  wrote  me  for 
copies. 

By  a Delegate  : Why  not  change  that  resolution  and  get  this  com- 
mittee appointed? 

By  President  Tyree:  I think  Mr.  Schriever  has  taken  it  back  there 
now  to  possibly  correct  it  and  get  it  before  the  body  so  we  can  get  on  with  it. 

There  were  four  resolutions  brought  in  and  adopted  on  Tuesday  morn- 
ing. Unfortunately  the  reporter  did  not  bring  them  over  with  him  to-night 
and  I cannot  state  how  they  read.  They  were  passed,  but  the  Secretary 
hasn’t  the  resolutions  with  him.  Can  any  one  inform  me  what  they  were? 
There  were  a few  matters  there  that  should  be  acted  on. 

By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania)  : I have  the  resolution  corrected 
now;  the  last  portion  of  it  I have  revised.  It  reads  as  follows: 

Whereas,  The  P.  A.  of  A.  has  arrived  at  a time  when  it  has  reached 
a stage  for  making  known  to  the  public  its  advancements  in  all  lines  of  pho- 
tography ; and 

Whereas,  We  understand  that  some  of  the  general  magazines  will 
gladly  devote  a department  of  their  publication  to  photography  and  stand 
ready  to  publish  articles  on  this  subject,  provided  the  necessary  data  and 
illustrations  are  furnished  them  by  this  society ; and 

Whereas,  The  Pennsylvania  Society,  at  their  late  convention,  have 
adopted  resolutions  and  have  appropriated  one  hundred  ($100.00)  dollars 
toward  this  fund  for  the  furtherance  of  this  proposition,  provided  the 
P.  A.  of  A.  contributes  an  amount  of  not  less  than  two  hundred  ($200.00) 
dollars,  and  that  they  will  also  extend  an  invitation  to  all  other  State 


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societies  to  contribute  any  amount  they  see  fit  to  assist  in  the  carrying  out 
of  these  plans ; therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  we,  the  delegates  to  the  Congress  of  Photography,  do 
hereby  give  this  proposition  our  hearty  approval  and  endorsement,  and 
empower  our  President  to  proceed  with  the  raising  of  funds  for  this  pur- 
pose, and  that  the  President  is  empowered  to  appoint  a committee  of  three, 
which  shall  include  the  Secretary,  to  prepare  plans  and  make  all  necessary 
arrangements  and  proceed  with  the  work. 

I move  that  it  be  accepted. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

Mr.  Dozer  (of  Ohio)  : I move  you  that  we  appropriate  from  the  funds 
of  the  Photographers’  Association  of  America,  the  sum  of  two  hundred 
($200.00)  dollars  for  furthering  this  proposition. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Holsinger  (of  Virginia):  Last  year  wre  brought  up  a bill 
creating  an  examining  board  for  photographers  and  endorsed  it,  and  asked 
the  various  State  Associations  to  take  it  up  and  get  it  through  the  various 
State  Legislatures.  How  many  States  in  the  United  States,  except  Vir- 
ginia and  Oklahoma,  have  attempted  to  get  that  through? 

We  would  have  been  successful  in  Virginia,  but  it  was  crowded  off  the 
calendar  because  there  were  250  bills  that  they  never  reached  at  all.  It 
makes  it  very  difficult  to  get  a bill  through  there.  We  lost  some  very  im- 
portant bills  because  we  did  not  have  time  to  get  them  through  on 
account  of  the  crowded  calendar.  But  I would  like  to  know  what  was  done 
in  other  States.  I fear  that  you  do  not  understand  it.  You  mistake  it  for 
a license  bill.  This  bill  does  not  need  to  carry  a license  feature  with  it  at 
all — not  over  a dollar  for  the  certificate.  Does  anybody  know  whether  the 
bill  has  been  introduced  anywhere? 

By  President  Tyree:  I believe  it  can  be  done  in  North  Carolina. 

By  Mr.  Holsinger  (of  Virginia)  : I think  I can  do  it  another  year. 

By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania)  : What  is  the  object  of  this  bill? 

By  Mr.  Holsinger  (of  Virginia)  : It  is  a bill  creating  an  examining 
board  similar  to  the  one  created  for  doctors,  lawyers,  eye  and  ear  and 
throat  specialists,  veterinary  surgeons,  and  even  the  barbers  have  a bill. 
It  is  a board  appointed  by  the  Governor  of  each  State,  which  sits  twice  a 
year.  And  everybody  who  wishes  to  embark  in  the  photographic  business 
will  have  to  go  before  that  board  and  stand  an  examination  to  get  their 
certificate  showing  that  they  are  capable  of  conducting  a studio.  As  it  is 
now,  it  is  about  the  only  thing  that  people  can  get  into  without  having  an 
examination  of  some  kind,  or  passing  an  examination.  And  that  makes  us 
subject  to  a great  many  undesirable,  non-responsible  people  that  will  natur- 
ally be  driven  into  our  profession,  unless  you  throw  the  same  safeguards 
around  us  that  are  being  thrown  around  others.  In  my  State  you  cannot 
teach  children  five  years  old  unless  you  have  passed  a State  examination. 
You  cannot  be  a policeman  any  more  unless  you  stand  an  examination  and 


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show  you  are  competent.  I really  think  it  is  a good  thing.  I have  a copy 
of  it  in  my  room  and  I will  show  it  to  you  to-morrow.  I feel  very  much  dis- 
appointed that  we  have  not  got  a report. 

I see  there  is  some  opposition  to  it,  but  that  will  all  die  away,  I think, 
after  people  understand.  I think  it  is  the  only  way  to  elevate  our  profes- 
sion to  where  we  will  command  the  respect  of  everybody  the  same  as  other 
professions. 

Mr.  Phillips  (of  Pennsylvania):  I would  just  like  to  ask  one  ques- 
tion, and  that  is,  whether  this  matter  was  brought  directly  to  the  State 
societies?  At  our  convention  in  Scranton  I heard  nothing  of  such  a bill, 
and  I heard  nothing  of  a recommendation  from  the  National  Association 
that  we  should  take  it  up.  Now  was  it  just  published  or  were  notices  sent 
to  State  societies? 

By  Mr.  Holsinger  (of  Virginia):  I don’t  know  whether  notices  were 
sent  out  by  the  Secretary,  but  the  bill  was  in  the  minutes  and  published  in 
the  record  of  our  last  convention. 

By  Mr.  Stewart  (not  a delegate,  but  given  permission  to  address  the 
Congress)  : I would  say  for  Mr.  Holsinger’s  information,  and  the  informa- 
tion of  Congress  that  I have  secured  the  promise  of  the  representative  from 
our  county  to  introduce  a bill  at  the  next  Legislature. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : If  our  Secretary  will  just 
take  the  points  that  come  up,  such  as  Mr.  Phillips  asked  about,  the  discus- 
sion will  make  him  stronger  and  will  give  him  suggestions  that  he  could  never 
get  in  any  other  way.  Here  is  the  point,  do  the  State  societies  know  what 
we  did  last  year?  If  you  will  remember  that  now,  and  get  in  touch  with  the 
State  societies,  our  National  Association  through  you  will  reach  every  State 
society  that  we  have  never  been  able  to  reach  before.  (Applause.) 

By  Mr.  Doty  (of  Michigan)  : This  bill  of  Mr.  Holsinger’s,  with  the 
attendant  resolution,  was  taken  up  in  my  report  to  the  Ohio-Michigan 
Association,  I being  the  delegate  from  Ohio-Michigan  last  year.  It  re- 
ceived considerable  discussion  and  the  concensus  of  opinion  was  that  it  was 
contrary  to  the  Constitution  and  no  further  action  was  taken  on  it. 

By  Mr.  Cole  (of  Virginia)  : What  I wished  to  say  was  that  this  mat- 
ter, after  the  National  Association  recommended  it  and  adopted  it,  was 
taken  to  our  Association  in  October,  and  was  discussed  fully  and  thor- 
oughly and  adopted  unanimously  by  the  Virginia  Association. 

By  Mr.  Holloway  (of  Indiana)  : I believe  that  all  of  us  are  in  favor 
of  something  of  that  kind,  and  I believe  that  every  State  organization  wrould 
adopt  it,  and  get  the  Legislatures  to  pass  it,  and  pass  a bill  that  would  stick 
but  for  two  different  things.  A man  can  take  a camera  (it  has  been 
threshed  out  for  the  last  ten  years)  and  can  make  any  kind  of  a hideous 
picture  of  anybody,  but  he  has  not  injured  that  party.  A barber  comes  in 
for  protection  under  the  sanitary  laws.  We  would  all  like  to  see  this  law 
passed,  but  it  will  not  stick.  You  may  say  a carpenter  needs  protection. 
You  may  say  an  individual  cannot  build  his  own  fence  unless  he  passes  the 


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same  examination.  But  you  cannot  keep  a man  from  building  his  own 
fence  even  if  he  is  not  a carpenter.  You  all  agree  with  me  that  it  will  not 
stick.  However,  we  are  wasting  valuable  time  talking  on  it.  You  might 
just  as  well  cease  talking  on  that.  Our  State  Associations  can  all  pass 
that,  but  then  we  are  not  going  to  see  it  stick  afterward.  That  is  true,  be- 
cause it  will  not  hold  water. 

By  Mr.  Holsinger  (of  Virginia):  I am  sorry  to  see  some  take  that 
stand.  We  have  come  here  to  uplift  the  Association  and  help  ourselves,  if 
we  get  anything  done.  Do  you  think  15,000  photographers  in  the  United 
States  cannot  get  a bill  through  like  that,  when  the  barbers  have  done  it? 

What  is  dearer  to  any  man  than  the  features  of  his  dear  old  mother? 
And  then  think  how  often  you  receive  the  cheap  print  of  some  itinerant  pho- 
tographer who  traveled  through  your  town  and  robbed  the  people  of  their 
money. 

Where  are  the  lawyers  endangering  life?  They  have  got  the  same  bill. 
You  cannot  practice  law  unless  you  stand  an  examination.  You  have  got 
to  have  an  education  before  you  can  practice  law ; you  have  to  have  a col- 
lege education  before  you  can  get  in. 

What  is  required  to  be  a photographer?  You  can  be  taking  tickets  on 
a street  car  at  12  o’clock,  and  go  and  get  you  a camera,  open  a place  of 
business  and  be  a photographer  at  4<  o’clock.  Why — because  you  have  a 
camera.  I want  to  put  our  profession  on  the  highest  plane.  We  want  to 
throw  safeguards  around  it.  I don’t  know  what  Constitution  you  have  in 
your  State,  Mr.  Doty. 

By  Mr.  Doty  (of  Michigan):  It  wasn’t  that;  it  was  the  question  of 
the  Constitution  of  the  United  States. 

By  Mr.  Holsinger  (of  Virginia)  : You  must  have  had  pessimists  in 
your  society  also.  It  has  been  passed  upon  by  some  of  the  best  lawyers  in 
Virginia  and  Oklahoma;  it  is  absolutely  the  same  as  the  law  for  dentists, 
doctors,  lawyers,  veterinary  surgeons ; and  besides  that  it  doesn’t  prevent 
any  man  from  making  his  own  pictures.  The  law  does  not  prevent  any 
man  from  administering  medicine,  provided  he  does  not  charge  for  it. 
The  lawyers’  bill  says  it  does  not  prevent  a man  from  writing  wills  or 
doing  other  legal  work,  unless  he  charges  for  it.  A man  can  write  you  a 
worthless  will,  and  it  is  all  right,  as  long  as  he  does  not  charge  you  for  it. 
A man  can  make  all  the  photographs  in  the  world  under  this  proposed  bill 
if  he  does  not  charge  for  them.  But  it  will  put  our  Association  upon  a 
higher  plane.  (Applause.) 

By  President  Tyree:  I would  like  to  ask  Mr.  Holsinger,  what  do 
you  want  this  body  to  do? 

By  Mr.  Holsinger  (of  Virginia):  I want  this  body  to  request  the 
various  State  Associations  to  get  after  this  bill  and  get  behind  it  and  push 
it  through. 


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I move  you  that  we  request  the  various  State  Associations  to  appoint 
a special  committee  to  get  behind  this  bill  and  have  it  passed. 

(Motion  seconded.) 

By  President  Tyree:  Are  there  any  remarks? 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana)  : I certainly  do  not  want  to  obstruct 
anything.  I want  to  clear  up  a little,  and  also  to  help  out  my  colleague 
from  Indiana.  That  is,  to  point  out  the  difference  between  the  amateur 
and  the  professional.  Brother  Holloway  says  it  is  illegal  to  cut  his  face. 
Certainly  it  is.  A man  can  do  all  the  barbering  he  wants  to,  he  doesn’t 
have  to  pass  an  examination  to  do  work,  providing  he  does  it  as  an  ama- 
teur. It  is  the  proposition  of  setting  up  in  business.  You  must  under- 
stand that  in  this  discussion  at  Kansas  City  it  was  clearly  understood  and 
the  bill  clearly  states  that  any  one  who  wishes  to  make  pictures  for  their 
own  pleasure  or  misery,  or  pleasure  and  misery  of  their  friends,  without 
charge,  is  not  in  any  way  affected  by  this.  It  is  aimed  to  do  away  with  the 
professional  itinerant,  and  I am  heartily  in  favor  of  it  if  we  can  do  it. 

Mr.  Hesse  (of  Kentucky,  not  a delegate,  is  given  permission  to  talk)  : 
What  are  we  going  to  do  with  the  State  that  has  no  organization?  We  can- 
not get  them  together  and  cannot  hold  them  together,  and  we  have  never 
been  able  to  hold  them  together. 

By  P resident  Tyree:  My  dear  sir,  you  can  get  them  together.  You 
surely  can  have  a State  Association  to-morrow  if  you  will  get  the  men  be- 
hind it  and  make  it  go. 

Mr.  Abel  desires  to  make  a remark. 

By'  Mr.  Abel  (of  Ohio,  not  a delegate)  : Mr.  Chairman  and  delegates 
of  the  Congress,  I believe  I was  largely  responsible  for  the  action  of  the 
Ohio-Michigan  Association  refusing  to  adopt  it,  because  it  was  against  my 
business.  I want  to  say  for  Mr.  Holsinger’s  benefit,  and  the  benefit  of 
several  others  who  know,  I want  to  say  this,  I shall  keep  nvy  hands  off  of 
this  matter  for  one  whole  year  and  see  if  you  can  put  it  through.  (Ap- 
plause.) 

By  Mr.  Holsinger  (of  Virginia):  This  law  eliminates  the  itinerant 
photographer.  It  will  be  so  arranged  that  the  boards  meet  in  the  several 
States  at  the  same  time. 

By  Mr.  Holliday'  (of  North  Carolina):  It  strikes  me  to  have  a uni- 
form movement  upon  that,  the  Secretary  should  secure  copies  of  that  bill 
and  send  to  the  State  societies,  and  then  you  have  a concerted  action.  Now 
if  you  have  put  up  something  in  good  form  we  will  go  to  work  on  it;  some- 
thing that  is  sensible  and  something  that  Holloway  thinks  will  gc  through. 

By'  Mr.  Hammond  (of  Mississippi):  Mr.  Chairman,  I want  to  state 
that  if  I can  be  furnished  with  the  necessary  data,  I will  present  it  to  our 
representative  in  our  city,  and  will  have  a bill  put  there  as  soon  as  we  pos- 
sibly can. 

Mr.  Hesse  (of  Kentucky,  not  a delegate,  is  given  permission  to  talk): 
I sometimes  have  photographed  all  over  America  and  Europe.  Now  you 


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are  endeavoring  to  enact  legislation  that  requires  an  examination  of  a pho- 
tographer. Do  you  want  to  examine  him  in  every  State  that  we  enter? 
You  are  conflicting  against  the  Interstate  Commerce,  and  you  are  inter- 
fering with  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  when  you  stop  me  from 
making  a livelihood  when  I am  injuring  no  one.  It  has  been  held  that  if  I 
ship  material  into  Atlanta  from  outside  of  Georgia,  you  cannot  stop  my 
work,  as  I did  not  buy  the  material  in  the  State.  If  you  enact  those  laws 
you  have  got  to  enact  them  so  they  do  not  conflict  with  the  Constitution  of 
the  United  States,  and  do  not  conflict  with  the  Interstate  Commerce  law. 

You  are  not  enacting  legislation  for  the  benefit  of  all  photographers. 
You  have  got  to  consider  everybody  that  goes  from  one  point  to  another. 
Those  are  things  that  I don’t  think  you  considered  at  all.  They  must  be 
thought  out. 

You  are  putting  up  a bill  before  the  Legislature,  probably  like  one  they 
enacted  in  the  State  of  Kentucky  only  this  last  year.  A most  foolish  law. 
If  a faucet  gets  out  of  repair  in  my  house  I cannot  replace  the  handle  or  fix 
that  faucet.  This  is  the  same  character  of  legislation  that  you  are  trying 
to  enact  before  your  State  Legislatures.  Unless  you  carry  it  out  thor- 
oughly and  give  a man  his  privileges  so  they  do  not  conflict  with  the  In- 
terstate Commerce  laws  and  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States,  why  you 
had  better  quit.  Consider  these  things  first.  I don’t  think  that  any  law 
that  you  can  pass  would  make  a photographer  pass  an  examination. 

What  are  you  going  to  examine  him  on?  On  what  grounds?  On  what 
basis?  What  are  you  going  to  make  him  pass  on?  Chemistry  examina- 
tion? No.  Probably  Mr.  Holsinger  isn’t  a chemist.  Maybe  he  can  answer 
some  questions  in  chemistry.  I don’t  know.  How  many  of  you  do  know 
anything  about  chemistry?  How  many  of  you  can  tell  how  a dry  plate  is 
manufactured?  None.  What  are  you  going  to  examine  a photographer 
on?  Do  you  know  how  to  make  pictures?  Do  you  know  how  to  make 
lighting? 

I think  if  you  try  to  enact  laws  to  examine  a photographer  you  are 
going  to  make  the  Association  the  laughing  stock,  not  of  America,  but  of 
the  world,  and  you  will  find  out  that  I am  right. 

By  Mr.  Holsinger  (of  Virginia):  We  have  looked  into  this  matter 
thoroughly.  We  have  not  jumped  at  this  thing.  There  are  one  or  two 
things  that  you  should  not  overlook.  It  is  not  going  to  hurt  the  old  prac- 
titioner who  is  competent.  If  you  are  a reputable  photographer  you  are 
going  to  have  no  trouble  at  our  hands.  But  if  you  are  the  itinerant,  un- 
derstand, you  may  have  some  trouble  getting  your  certificate,  and  those 
are  the  men  for  whom  we  want  to  make  the  trouble.  We  have  looked  into  this 
thing  thoroughly.  Any  photographer,  who  is  an  honorable  photographer, 
will  have  no  trouble  in  going  from  one  State  to  another.  Why  I have  even 
loaned  them  my  dark  room.  And  if  you  come  to  my  town  and  are  an  hon- 
orable photographer,  I will  let  you  use  my  dark  room  and  facilities.  I will 
help  you  along. 


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I am  sorry  there  are  so  many  pessimists  here.  I know  if  we  want  to 
do  anything  we  must  all  get  together.  It  will  paralyze  these  cheap  men 
that  get  in  front  of  you  and  knock  your  prices. 

(Mr.  Hesse,  of  Kentucky,  not  a delegate,  rises  to  his  feet.) 

By  Mb.  Labrimeb  (of  Indiana):  In  the  interest  of  the  good  of  the 
Association,  I rise  to  a point  of  order.  This  gentleman  spoke  first  by 
consent  here.  We  must  certainly  enforce  the  rule  that  he  cannot  take  up 
the  time  of  this  Congress  in  arguing  this  question. 

By  President  Tyree:  You  are  right.  This  matter  could  be  kept  up 
until  to-morrow  morning,  so  let’s  pass  along. 

Is  there  any  new  business  for  the  Congress?  While  Mr.  Holsinger  is 
reducing  his  resolution  to  writing — I wish  I had  those  resolutions  in  regard 
to  the  parcel  post.  We  meet  but  once  a year  and  now  is  the  time  to  do 
business.  When  we  bring  these  delegates  together  it  is  the  time  to  do  busi- 
ness. We  cannot  do  it  next  week,  so  let’s  stick  here  until  it  is  finished. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : I think  I have  a carbon  copy 
of  those  resolutions  passed  the  other  day. 

(Produces  same  and  gives  them  to  the  President.) 

By  Mr.  Holsinger  (of  Virginia)  : I have  my  resolution  ready  now: 

Resolved,  That  the  various  State  Associations  appoint  a steering  com- 
mittee to  secure  the  passage  of  the  law  creating  an  examining  board,  and 
that  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  send  a copy  of  said  bill  to  the  secretary 
of  the  State  Association  or  some  representative  member  in  each  State. 

By  Mr.  Brakebill  (of  Tennessee)  : It  occurs  to  me  that  the  resolution 
should  carry  with  it  something  that  would  reach  every  State. 

By  Mr.  Holsinger  (of  Virginia):  I have  just  added  on  here,  “or 
some  representative  member  in  each  State.” 

(Motion  to  adopt  resolution  put  and  carried.) 

By  President  Tyree:  Now  in  regard  to  this  parcel  post,  I see  some- 
thing here,  which  I want  to  say  is  the  reason  I asked  for  it — I want  to  read 
this  resolution  as  adopted: 

Resolved,  That  the  P.  A.  of  A.,  assembled  in  Atlanta,  wish  to  go  on 
record  as  expressing  their  feelings  of  indignation  against  the  unfair  dis- 
crimination by  the  postal  authorities  for  not  allowing  photographs  the 
benefits  of  parcel  post  rates ; be  it  further 

Resolved,  That  the  Legislative  Committee  take  proper  steps  to  secure 
parcel  post  rates  for  photographs. 

The  reason  I wanted  it  was  just  that  last  clause.  As  I understand  it, 
the  Legislative  Committee  has  this  in  hand  to  evolve  some  scheme  by  which 
you  can  get  after  these  people.  You  have  adopted  it.  If  there  is  no  further 
business  before  this  house,  I wrould  like  some  discussion  as  to  how  we  can  go 
about  this. 

We  almost  got  that  in  at  one  time.  We  wrere  up  as  far  as  the  first 
assistant  postmaster  general  and  also  the  father  of  the  parcel  post  bill. 
But  after  we  went  home,  and  after  wre  had  this  nice  personal  interview,  it 


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died  out,  and  after  that  the  closest  I could  get  to  this  hill  was  the  third 
assistant  postmaster  general ; and  I specifically  wrote  him  letter  after  let- 
ter, and  I have  never  been  able  to  get  a reply  so  that  I could  understand  his 
letter  at  all,  and  he  never  would  answer  a question. 

I want  to  know  of  some  way  of  getting  after  these  people  and  of  bring- 
ing some  pressure  to  bear,  because  the  parcel  post  carries  books  now,  and  we 
were  in  the  same  classification  as  books.  It  was  extended  to  them,  and  we 
certainly  ought  to  have  it.  It  is  a discrimination  against  us,  and  I think  it  is 
rather  an  important  thing  that  we  get  the  benefit  of  the  parcel  post.  I 
would  like  to  hear  from  the  Legislative  Committee  something  about  this. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana)  : Mr.  Chaii-man,  we  had  that  in  mind; 
and  I believe  all  that  we  can  do  is  to  carry  it  to  the  assistant  postmaster 
general  of  the  smallest  possible  numeral  we  can  approach.  But  we  are  do- 
ing it  this  time  authorized  by  the  Photographers’  Association  of  America. 
What  more  can  we  do?  It  is  not  a matter  for  representatives  and  senators. 
It  is  left  in  the  hands  of  the  Post  Office  Department.  What  more  can 
we  do? 

Mr.  Pelton  (of  North  Carolina,  not  a delegate,  is  given  permission  to 
address  the  Congress)  : I understand  there  was  a provision  passed  in  the 
March  bill  that  allows  photographs  to  come  in.  I understand  that  photo- 
graphs have  been  accepted  under  that  bill.  We  have  been  sending  them  by 
parcel  post  ever  since. 

By  Mr.  Towi  >es  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : The  only  condition  under 
wThich  it  could  be  sent  is  that  it  is  framed  and  the  frame  weighs  more  than 
the  picture. 

By  Mr.  Core  (of  New  York,  not  a delegate,  but  given  permission  to 
address  Congress):  I wrote  to  the  postmaster  general  in  regard  to  the 
parcel  post  matter.  I was  informed  that  if  photographs  weighed  as  much  as 
four  pounds  that  we  were  entitled  to  the  parcel  post  rates,  and  I suggest 
that  we  put  a brick  in  each  package.  I should  like  to  know  if  anybody  here 
is  prepared  to  tell  me  the  difference  in  cost  between  pounds?  If  that  is  true 
we  can  easily  load  up  a package.  My  ideas  may  be  a little  bit  fancy,  but  I 
think  that  we  are  entitled  to  the  same  privileges  as  beef,  stocks  and  babies. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : Mr.  President,  I am  not 
much  interested  in  this  parcel  post  proposition  personally,  but  what  is  good 
for  the  Association  I am  for.  And  whatever  is  a general  plan  good  for  pho- 
tographers, I try  to  keep  my  fingers  on,  so  that  if  anybody  should  ask  a 
question  I could  tell  him.  It  is  pretty  hard  to  keep  up  with  this  bill.  It  is 
changed  so  often.  When  the  postmaster  general  had  the  right  to  do  as  he 
pleased,  which  he  did  have,  then  he  was  called  down  good  and  strong — you 
remember?  He  cannot  change  anything  at  all  now;  it  has  to  be  ratified  by 
Congress.  That  is  what  Mr.  Rubber  told  me.  I asked  him  just,  a short  time 
ago  if  there  was  any  chance  for  photographs  to  come  into  parcel  post  rates 
without  any  restrictions.  “No,”  he  said,  “I  have  got  it  on  my  desk  and 
have  had  ever  since  that  good-looking  gentleman  from  North  Carolina  was 


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here.  The  minute  that  I get  the  right  from  Congress  that  is  the  first  thing 
I am  directed  to  do.” 

Now  I will  promise  this:  The  very  minute  that  Mr.  Holsinger  can  find 
the  time,  because  I would  not  expect  Mr.  Larrimer  to  come  that  far,  I will 
go  down  with  him  and  see  Mr.  Lewis. 

By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania)  : Mr.  Harris  has  explained  that 
matter  and  he  gave  me  some  very  good  suggestions.  He  says  it  is  almost 
impossible  to  move  the  postal  authorities.  He  says  there  is  only  one 
way  to  make  those  people  take  action,  and  that  is  to  flood  them  with  mail. 
Send  them  these  resolutions,  send  them  to  your  State  societies,  and  have 
your  State  societies  send  them  in,  together  with  letters  urging  it.  Not  only 
to  the  Post  Office  Department,  but  also  to  the  committee  investigating  the 
parcel  post,  and  also  every  congressman  and  get  them  all  talking  about  it, 
and  perhaps  they  can  do  something  with  the  department.  He  gave  me  a list 
of  all  members  of  the  parcel  post  investigating  committee,  and  told  me  we 
could  make  use  of  it. 

The  list  is  as  follows : 

Chairman,  Joseph  L.  Bristow,  senator  from  Kansas,  2612  Garfield 
Street,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Vice-chairman,  David  E.  Finley,  representative  from  South  Carolina, 
2020  P Street,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Nathan  P.  Bryan,  senator  from  Florida,  The  Connecticut,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. 

Charles  E.  Townsend,  senator  from  Michigan,  The  Portland,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

David  J.  Lewris,  representative  from  Maryland. 

John  F.  Gardner,  Egg  Harbor  City,  N.  J. 

Secretary,  Fay  N.  Seaton,  608  Quincy  Street,  Washington,  D.  C. 

And  in  addition  he  also  gave  me  the  following  committee: 

Joint  Committee  on  Postage  on  Second-class  Mail  Matter  and  Com- 
pensation for  Transportation  of  Mails : 

Chairman,  Jonathen  Bourne,  Jr.,  Portland,  Ore. 

Harry  Richardson,  Dover,  Del. 

John  H.  Bankhead,  senator  from  Alabama,  The  New  Willard,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

John  W.  Weeks,  senator  from  Massachusetts,  1701  Massachusetts 
Avenue,  Washington,  D.  C. 

James  T.  Lloyd,  representative  fi'om  Missouri,  The  Brighton  (Club), 
Washington,  D.  C. 

William  E.  Tuttle,  Jr.,  representative  from  New  Jersey,  The  Cosmos, 
Washington,  I).  C. 

Secretary,  Robert  H.  Turner,  The  Hoffman,  Washington,  D.  C. 


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By  Mr.  Holsinger  (of  Virginia)  : I move  that  the  Secretary  have  a 
copy  of  the  resolution  that  we  offered  and  passed  the  other  morning,  in  re- 
gard to  parcel  post,  printed  and  sent  out  to  the  various  photographers,  and 
to  the  members  of  those  committees,  with  the  recommendation  that  they  each 
write  these  members  and  include  in  the  letter  a copy  of  the  resolution  with 
their  personal  recommendation. 

(Motion  seconded  and  put.) 

By  Mr.  Chambers  (of  Pennsylvania,  not  a delegate,  but  given  permis- 
sion to  address  Congress) : In  behalf  of  the  Photographic  Publishers’  Asso- 
ciation of  America,  we  will,  jointly,  request  that  at  a certain  date  all  pho- 
tographers of  America  send  in  a letter  as  you  now  wish ; and  we  will  print  it, 
not  only  in  one  issue,  but  possibly  three  or  four  times  if  you  wish.  On  be- 
half of  the  photographic  weeklies,  and  on  behalf  of  Mr.  Abel  and  myself  I 
know  it  will  be  done. 

By  President  Tyree:  I wish  to  say  that  is  one  way  of  getting  it.  If 
you  delegates  will  go  home  and  put  your  shoulders  to  the  wheel,  and  see  that 
every  photographer  in  your  State  on  a certain  date  should  w rite  in  a letter, 
and  then  follow'  it  up,  I am  sure  the  officials  would  take  notice  all  right — 
with  such  a flood  of  letters  coming  in  on  them,  and  the  pressure  they 
will  bring  to  bear. 

By  Mr.  Belle-Oudry  (of  California)  : I have  been  discussing  so  much 
before  this  Congress  that  perhaps  you  will  not  care  to  listen,  but  I want  to 
say  something  just  the  same. 

The  little  pamphlet  that  we  publish,  the  Association  News,  is  published 
— I don’t  know  where,  I can’t  pronounce  it,  but  in  a small  place.  I am  a 
photographer  in  Oakland,  and  sometimes  people  intend  to  come  to  see  me 
and  they  don’t  come,  and  I investigate  and  find  that  they  went  to  San  Fran- 
cisco. Why?  Because  they  didn’t  want  to  see  Oakland  printed  on  it. 
They  wanted  to  see  a big  cit}r. 

You  are  sending  this  magazine  all  over  the  country,  to  a great  body  of 
photographers,  and  it  does  not  carry  as  much  w'eight  when  it  comes  from  a 
small  place.  I don’t  know  the  place.  I never  heard  of  it,  and  I cannot  pro- 
nounce it.  Nowr,  if  it  was  published  in  Philadelphia  or  New*  York,  I think 
it  would  be  of  more  importance. 

(Mr.  Holsinger’s  motion  is  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania)  : Judging  from  the  remarks 

made  you  would  like  to  have  this  list  printed.  I would  move  you  that  this 
list  of  committees  be  printed. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

By  President  Tyree:  I would  like  to  ask  Mr.  Towles  as  to  these  sug- 
gestions that  he  offered  before  Congress  this  morning,  I want  to  know  if  you 
can  get  them  in  the  right  shape  and  present  it  to  Congress  in  the  morning? 

By'  Mr.  Tow  les  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : I will  get  it  in  shape. 


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By  Secretary  Hoffman  : I would  like  to  speak  just  a word  with  the 
consent  of  the  Congress.  There  are  a great  many  plans  that  have  been 
outlined  to-night,  and  I have  been  sitting  here  listening,  and  I know  that  it 
will  be  necessary  for  me  to  work  along  with  every  one  of  these  committees 
that  are  appointed,  and  the  different  State  societies  on  every  proposition 
that  has  been  presented.  And  the  work  that  you  have  outlined  here  to- 
night is  enough  to  keep  me  at  work  three  years  on  it.  And  I was  just  won- 
dering how  you  wanted  me  to  proceed,  whether  to  work  on  the  entire  prop- 
osition, or  to  concentrate  my  efforts  on  one  proposition  at  a time ; then  when 
I get  that  through,  take  up  something  else.  How  do  you  desire  me  to  work 
on  this?  I want  to  get  results,  because  next  year  when  we  come  back  to  the 
next  meeting  of  Congress  you  will  ask,  “what  have  you  been  doing?”  “You 
didn’t  do  a thing  about  licensing  photographers,”  when  probably  I had  been 
working  hard  on  something  else,  and  put  in  all  the  time.  I believe  it  is  best 
to  concentrate  the  best  efforts  on  one  line,  and  then  work  on  the  others,  but 
you  cannot  do  it  all  at  once. 

By  President  Tyree:  I would  like  to  state  that,  to  my  mind,  the  way 
to  go  about  getting  effective  work,  in  the  first  place,  is  to  have  the  Presi- 
dent to  be  on  his  job.  In  the  second  place,  is  to  have  the  special  committee 
appointed  for  each  of  these  resolutions  to  attend  to  it,  and  the  President 
should  see  that  they  do  attend  to  it.  And  it  will  take  some  of  the  work  off 
of  the  Secretary,  and  it  will  give  these  good  men  something  to  do.  And  I 
think  putting  these  things  in  the  hands  of  a committee  that  will  work,  and  a 
man  behind  to  see  that  they  do  work,  is  the  way  to  get  effective  work  out  of 
Congress.  That  is  my  idea  of  putting  this  thing  over. 

That  is  why  I brought  up  the  parcel  post  matter.  I did  not  know 
whether  a committee  was  to  be  appointed  or  not,  but  I think  this  committee 
will  take  care  of  it  and  go  right  after  it. 

My  idea  is  to  put  different  things  in  the  hands  of  committees  of  two 
or  three,  and  then  see  that  the  work  is  carried  on. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : I would  like  to  say  some- 
thing on  that  same  subject.  The  Secretary  can  take  this  down.  The  reason 
why  our  committees  don’t  work  is  not  known  to  you.  You  take  three  men 
and  appoint  them.  For  instance,  you  have  Ben  Larrimer,  Mr.  Holsinger 
and  myself,  and  then  you  expect  us  to  meet  during  the  year  and  attend 
to  the  work.  It  is  impossible.  You  pick  out  men  who  are  scattered  all  over 
the  country.  Why  not  pick  out  men  who  can  reach  each  other  now  and 
then,  and  then  let  that  set  of  men  do  one  thing;  and  appoint  another  set  in 
another  section  of  the  country  to  do  another.  But  you  cannot  get  men  in 
N ew  York  and  Chicago  and  Washington  together  to  do  any  work — they’re 
too  far  apart.  The  Secretary  can  help  the  President  along  these  lines  if 
lie  will  keep  it  in  mind.  It  is  one  of  the  things  that  you  ought  to  keep  in 
mind,  to  pick  out  the  men  who  are  in  certain  localities  to  do  the  work  you 
want  them  to  do.  You  pick  out  men  in  Baltimore,  Washington  and  Phila- 


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delphia,  and  it  is  possible  for  us  to  get  together  once  in  a while.  You  pick 
out  another  set  of  men  over  near  Chicago,  and  around  in  there,  and  they 
can  do  some  other  work.  Pick  jmur  committees  by  grouping  men  in  sec- 
tions. Don’t  divide  the  committee  all  over  the  United  States. 

Bv  President  Tyree  : That  is  a good  suggestion. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : I would  like  to  say  one  thing 
in  answer  to  the  Secretary.  The  Secretary  says  he  has  got  enough  work 
to  do  for  three  years.  He  has  not  got  enough  work  for  this  year,  because 
he  can  go  to  it  in  a systematic  way  and  he  can  do  it  in  nine  months.  He 
will  have  all  the  work  he  can  do  and  more,  of  course,  than  he  can  do.  He 
can  take  up  one  thing  at  a time  if  he  deems  it  best  and  the  proposition  big 
enough.  He  can  follow  his  own  inclination.  He  has  got  to  make  good.  He 
may  do  it  as  it  suits  him.  If  he  can  handle  three  things  at  one  time,  go 
ahead.  If  one  thing  seems  big  enough  to  do  and  it  is  worthy  of  special 
effort,  why  specialize  on  it.  When  he  comes  back,  then  he  can  say,  this  is 
what  I have  to  show.  He  can  tell  us  how  much  trouble  that  result  was,  and 
we  will  have  to  judge  by  how  much  trouble  it  was.  We  know  that  he  can 
only  do  so  much,  and  I know  that  this  whole  Congress  will  be  perfectly  fair 
with  him,  and  I know  that  he  will  give  his  best  efforts.  We  know  that  he 
will  give  his  best  work  to  pull  this  thing  out. 

By  President  Tyree:  The  remarks  are  all  right.  He  can  take  care 
of  it  S37stematically.  We  will  stand  adjourned. 


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Thursday  Morning  Session,  June  18,  1914 

9.15  o’clock 

Meeting  called  to  order  at  9.15,  President  Tyree  in  chair. 

Roll  call. 

Minutes  of  previous  meeting  were  read  and  approved. 

By  President  Tyree:  The  meeting  is  open  for  business? 

By  Mrs.  Standiford  (of  Kentucky):  Mr.  President,  I want  to  know 
if  it  is  in  order  for  me  to  ask  a personal  question  for  advice?  I have  been  a 
member  of  this  organization  about  twelve  years,  and  a member  of  the 
Women’s  Federation  for  about  three  years.  And  I cannot  attend  both 
meetings,  and  I feel  that  I want  to  offer  my  resignation  to  the  Women’s 
Federation;  and  if  I do  where  will  I stand,  and  how  will  I be  taken  care  of 
in  this?  I want  to  belong  to  this  and  be  a regular  member  so  that  I can 
be  recognized  as  are  other  members.  And  I want  to  know  if  the  ladies  will 
have  a place  on  the  Board?  I have  been  asked  by  some  of  the  ladies  to  see 
about  that  also. 

By  Mr.  Dozer  (Treasurer)  : I think  that  I can  reply  to  Mrs.  Standi- 
ford. The  Women’s  Federation  is  simply  a kin,  or  rather  a part  of  our 
regular  organization.  Every  person  who  is  a member  of  the  Women’s 
Federation  and  attends  our  convention  is  supposed  to  be  an  active  member 
in  the  National,  and  there  is  no  reason  under  the  sun  why  you  could  not 
withdraw  from  the  Women’s  Federation  and  still  be  a member  of  the  Na- 
tional. If  the  Women’s  Federation  was  dissolved,  you  would  still  be  a 
member  of  the  National. 

As  far  as  a place  on  the  Board,  that  is  up  to  the  convention.  A 
woman,  who  is  a member,  is  eligible  to  office  in  the  Association.  A woman 
has  the  privilege  of  ballot,  and  I presume  is  eligible  to  office  if  she  is  elected. 

Bvr  Mrs.  Wootten:  I was  not  fortunate  enough  to  hear  the  first  of 
Mrs.  Standiford’s  remarks,  but  I believe  it  a question  of  disbanding  the 
Federation  as  a union.  The  people  of  North  Carolina,  Mr.  Tyree,  Mr. 
Holsinger  and  Mr.  Cole,  and  all  these  men  that  we  have  had  our  convention 
experience  with,  know  that  the  woman  with  a microbe  for  doing  things  is  a 
very  uncomfortable  and  unrestful  thing  where  there  is  no  outlet  for  that 
microbe  to  express  itself,  and  things  happen  that  hurt  them  very  much. 
Mr.  Tyree  and  my  friends  know  what  I refer  to,  and  I am  not  going  into  it. 

Now  we  have  no  such  feeling  in  the  National  Convention,  and  I am 
thankful  for  it.  One  reason  we  have  not  is  on  account  of  the  Women’s 
Federation.  That  is  an  organization  within  the  National,  submissive  to  the 
National  Board.  While  there  can  be  no  infraction,  at  the  same  time  it  gives  a 
proper  vent  for  this  energy  that  lots  of  us  have.  I work  because  I have  got 


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to  make  money  and  I have  got  to  develop  my  business ; and  I think  it  would 
be  a very  sad  thing  for  the  National  Convention  at  large  if  the  Women’s 
Federation  is  allowed  to  be  disbanded  and  dissolved. 

One  thing  I see  that  comes  up,  and  that  is  the  matter  of  expense.  The 
women  will  raise  their  own  funds.  There  will  be  not  one  dollar’s  expense  to 
the  National.  They  will  always  be  glad  to  work  in  harmony;  and  I have 
served  on  the  Board  of  the  Women’s  Federation  for  four  years,  and  I think 
we  can  say  that  there  never  will  be  any  friction.  They  always  work  in  har- 
mony with  the  National,  and  I hope  before  you  gentlemen  and  ladies  pass 
any  resolution  dissolving  the  Federation  that  you  will  give  it  most  serious 
thought,  because  it  means  very  much  to  that  body  of  working  women.  I 
thank  you.  (Applause.) 

By  Mr.  Phillips  (of  Pennsylvania)  : As  I understand,  as  near  as  I 
can  remember  of  what  Mrs.  Standiford  said,  this  is  not  a matter  up  to  the 
Association  or  Congress.  We  have  no  right  to  disband  the  Women’s  Federa- 
tion as  far  as  we  are  concerned,  and  it  seems  to  me  that  Mr.  Dozer  placed 
the  matter  before  us  very  clearly.  That  is,  women  are  considered  as  active 
members — that  covers  the  whole  ground.  As  to  whether  they  have  a rep- 
resentative on  the  Board,  that  is  a matter  of  election,  the  same  as  for  any 
candidate.  But  the  women  have  to  disband  of  their  own  free  will. 

By  President  Tyree:  What  Mrs.  Standiford  desires  is  to  be- 

an active  member,  and  she  wants  to  resign  as  a member  of  the  Federation. 
Mrs.  Standiford,  you  are  an  active  member.  You  are  entitled  to  a voice  the 
same  as  any  of  us,  and  to  office  if  elected. 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.):  The  way  I understand  the 
organization  of  the  Women’s  Federation,  it  is  a distinct,  separate  organiza- 
tion ; in  fact,  they  have  two  organizations  within  themselves.  They  have  a 
Circle  and  a Federation.  It  is  not  even  necessary  for  their  members  to  be 
a member  of  the  National.  I don’t  see  that  the  National  Association  has 
any  jurisdiction  over  the  Federation  whatsoever. 

By  President  Tyree:  A woman  cannot  be  a member  of  the  Federa- 
tion without  being  a member  of  the  P.  A.  of  A.,  but  she  can  of  the  Circle. 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : The  Women’s  Federation 
is  an  affiliated  body.  The  only  connection  is  that  the  National  Association 
has  been  donating  a certain  amount  of  money  to  assist  them.  I don’t  think 
we  have  any  control  over  what  they  do. 

By  Mr.  Dozer  (Treasurer) : I would  like  to  say  just  a word.  I don’t 
know  what  is  in  the  air,  but  I think  every  man  and  every  woman  will  agree 
with  me  that  this  collection  of  pictures  that  the  women  have  been  showing  at 
this  convention  has  been  well  worth  every  cent  it  has  cost  our  Association. 
I think  the  quality  of  our  exhibits  have  increased  a great  deal  since  these 
women  have  been  taking  a collection  of  pictures ; and  personally  I am  very 
glad  to  have  this  Association  contribute  what  we  have  contributed.  (Ap- 
plause.) 


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I would  dislike  very  much  to  have  the  ladies  withdraw  this  support  and 
help  in  making  the  conventions  the  successes  they  have  been  the  last  few 
years. 

By  President  Tyree:  Mr.  Towles,  please  take  the  chair. 

By  Mr.  Tyree  (of  North  Carolina)  : I want  to  go  on  record  as  stating 
this : I don’t  know  that  there  is  any  one  that  would  more  gladly  give  their 
support  to  the  women  than  I would.  I think  we  should  co-operate  wdth 
them  in  every  way. 

But  I want  to  tell  you  that  I don’t  believe  in  organizations  within  an 
organization  all  the  way  around,  covering  all  branches  of  photography.  It 
is  not  necessary  for  the  portrait  men  to  have  an  organization,  and  the  com- 
mercial men  to  have  an  organization,  and  so  on  through.  That  is  not  neces- 
sary. All  in  the  world  we  have  to  do  is  to  appoint  a committee  to  take  care 
of  the  women.  Appoint  a committee  to  take  care  of  the  commercial  end  of 
it,  and  so  on,  to  provide  entertainment  and  instructions  to  these  people. 
And  a woman  is  a member  of  the  P.  A.  of  A.  whether  she  is  a member  of  the 
Federation  or  not.  If  the  women  wrant  a little  federation  or  a club  within 
this  organization,  that  is  all  right.  The  women  have  certainly  given  us  the 
best  that  we  have  had.  They  have  worked  diligently,  and  the  women  have 
never  worked  any  harder  than  they  have  this  last  year.  But  I don’t  believe 
in  organizations  within  organizations,  and  organizations  within  organiza- 
tions, and  organizations  within  organizations.  The  P.  A.  of  A.  is  an  or- 
ganization to  take  care  of  us  all. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : I don’t  think  that  is  the 
question  at  all.  The  question  that  this  lady  wants  to  know,  and  I have  been 
asked  about  it  a dozen  times  this  last  year,  is  whether  a lady  can  become  a 
member  of  the  P.  A.  of  A.  without  joining  the  Federation?  This  Federa- 
tion has  nothing  to  do  with  us,  and  we  have  nothing  to  do  with  it.  The 
officers  have  come  to  us  several  times  and  asked  for  money,  and  wre  have  given 
it  to  them.  As  long  as  the  Board  sees  they  are  getting  results  from  this  Fed- 
eration, they  will  keep  on  giving  money  to  help  it.  As  far  as  a woman  is 
concerned,  she  can  come  in  here,  and  she  can  be  just  as  much  a part  of  the 
P.  A.  of  A.  as  any  man  in  it. 

A woman  cannot  join  the  Federation  without  joining  this  society.  I 
think  that  is  a good  thing. 

Here  is  another  thing.  A federation  of  any  class  of  photography 
could  be  formed  in  here,  and  it  does  not  matter  how  many  of  them.  But 
just  the  minute  this  Board  thinks  they  are  getting  too  big  they  can  stop 
them,  but  they  can  only  stop  them  so  far  as  their  support  is  concerned.  If 
I were  going  to  suggest  something,  I would  suggest  that  our  Board  do  some- 
thing for  these  federations,  only  do  it  through  our  Association  and  in  our 
way,  and  not  through  the  Federation.  When  the  Federation  comes  up  here 
and  asks  for  something  let  them  say  what  they  want,  but  do  it  in  our  way 
and  not  in  the  other  fellow’s  wray,  and  then  you  can  stop  any  more  federa- 
tions being  started. 


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I want  to  say  that  these  women  have  done  a wonderful  work.  They 
have  organized  themselves,  and  they  have  their  own  meeting.  It  is  a good 
thing.  It  gives  them  a place  to  get  it  out  of  their  system.  When  my  wife 
gets  started  I let  her  go  and  get  it  out  of  her  system,  and  then  I can  live 
with  her  again.  And  my  wife  does  the  same  thing  with  me.  When  I get 
started  she  lets  me  go,  and  then  when  I get  it  out  of  my  system  she  can  live 
with  me  again,  she  says. 

Here  is  the  trouble.  They  go  home  and  announce  I have  not  seen  any- 
thing of  this  convention.  You  ask  them  what  is  the  matter,  and  they  will 
say  the  Federation  kept  me  so  durned  busy  I have  not  had  a chance. 

But  the  point  we  want  to  make  clear  at  this  time  is:  A woman  can  join 
this  Association  and  be  just  as  big  in  this  Association  here,  whether  a mem- 
ber of  the  Federation  or  not.  We  have  nothing  in  the  Constitution  con- 
cerning the  Federation,  but  the  Federation  has  something  concerning  us  in 
their  Constitution. 

By  Mr.  Cole  (of  Virginia) : I think  there  is  a great  deal  of  good  that 
the  Federation  has  done.  I think  it  has  done  a great  deal  of  good  in 
more  ways  than  one;  and  I think  it  has  put  forth  more  energy  in  trying 
to  interest  the  lady  members  in  the  fraternity  at  large.  I think  that  it 
has  tried  to  reach  all  of  the  women  with  its  literature,  and  tried  to 
get  them  here.  If  they  should  decide  to  withdraw,  wouldn’t  that  lessen  the 
attendance  of  the  ladies  at  our  convention?  Anything  that  would  tend  to 
lessen  their  interest  or  make  their  attendance  smaller,  I would  certainly  not 
be  in  favor  of.  We  need  more  women  in  the  photographic  profession.  The 
Federation  will  be  a great  deal  of  help  in  interesting  and  helping  us  along 
that  line.  I feel  that  the  women  have  done  a great  deal  for  this  Association, 
and  I candidly  believe  it  would  be  a very  sad  mistake  to  us  to  let  them  dis- 
band. Because  I don’t  believe  the  Association  could  exercise  the  same  influ- 
ence over  the  ladies  at  the  convention  as  the  Women’s  Federation  itself  does. 

By  President  Tyree:  Mrs.  Standiford,  your  question  has  been  an- 
swered, hasn’t  it?  You  are  entitled  to  all  privileges.  We  are  ready  for  new 
business. 

By  Mr.  Core  (of  New  York)  : I have  been  requested  by  Mr.  Falk — 
and  I don’t  know  whether  it  is  the  proper  place  or  not — to  enter  a plea  for 
the  Copyright  League.  Mr.  Falk  is  president  of  the  Copyright  League, 
and  they  are  anxious  to  come  in  here  with  us.  I don’t  know  whether  you  all 
understand  the  benefit  to  come  from  the  Copyright  League.  Personally,  I 
believe  that  the  Copyright  League  ought  to  be  a part  of  the  National  Asso- 
ciation. In  the  first  place  we  hear  a great  deal  about  selling  pictures  to  the 
newspapers  and  publications  of  all  kinds.  And  it  is  a fact  that  they  take 
pictures  and  print  them  irrespective  of  any  private  right  that  you  have, 
and  they  are  very  seldom  interfered  with  from  the  fact  that  there  is  none 
that  feels  like  buying  a law  suit. 

Now  the  Copyright  League  has  incorporated  in  their  Constitution  a 
clause  employing  legal  counsel.  One  dollar  a year  entitles  you  to  member- 


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ship  in  the  Copyright  League.  One  dollar  entitles  you  to  counsel  of  the 
League,  a man  who  has  the  entire  handling  of  the  Copyright.  League  legal 
affairs,  and  from  the  fact  that  he  has  the  entire  handling  of  the  Copyright 
League  would  be  very  well  posted  on  all  sorts  of  procedure,  and  would  be 
able  to  determine  very  readily  what  sort  of  a case  you  have.  They  agree  to 
give  you  counsel— all  that  you  need.  They  also  agree  to  take  your  case 
without  trouble  to  you.  If  you  run  an  automobile  and  you  have  liability  in- 
surance on  the  same,  and  you  have  an  accident,  why  the  insurance  company 
takes  it  all  off  your  hands  ; you  just  simply  turn  the  matter  over  to  the  insur- 
ance company.  In  this  case,  the  Copyright  League  stands  in  the  same  place 
as  the  insurance  company.  However,  with  this  difference,  whatever  you 
get,  they  take  it  on  a contingent  fee ; whatever  recovery  is  had  they  get  a 
portion  of  it.  It  seems  to  me  it  is  a very  small  outlay  for  such  big  returns. 

I would  also  like  to  enter  a plea — but  for  some  reason  the  National  has 
refused  or  ignored  the  request  of  the  Copyright  League  to  come  into  the 
National  Association,  or  become  a part  of  it ; or,  in  other  words,  to  take 
over  the  Copyright  League.  It  seems  to  me  that  we  are  neglecting  a chance 
as  a National  Photographers’  Association  to  give  to  each  man  that  comes 
here  something  that  is  tangible. 

Many  of  you  come  here  at  a great  deal  of  expense,  and  you  would  like 
to  have  something  to  take  back  to  your  wife,  something  that  she  can  see. 
She  doesn’t  see  the  things  that  made  you  grow.  And  every  man  that  comes 
to  a photographers’  convention  is  very  blind  and  very  dull  if  he  does 
not  grow  some,  but  that  growth  is  always  slow  and  it  is  not  noticeable  to 
his  wife,  although  it  is  there  just  the  same.  That  benefit  is  not  one  that 
you  are  able  to  show  the  minute  you  get  home,  but  if  you  have  a material 
benefit,  such  as  it  seems  to  me  this  Copyright  League  affords  you,  it  is 
tangible  and  it  can  be  shown  that  you  have  accomplished  something.  I thank 
you  for  the  courtesy  afforded  me  by  the  National  Association. 

By  Mr.  Harris:  I move  you  that  a committee,  consisting  of  Ryland 
W.  Phillips,  Will  H.  Towles  and  E.  B.  Core,  take  this  matter  up,  for  this 
convention,  with  the  Copyright  League,  and  let  them  devise  a plan  before  the 
next  meeting  of  the  next  Board  of  officers,  and  give  the  right  to  the  Board 
to  accept  or  reject  their  proposition  to  make  the  Copyright  League  a part 
of  this  Association;  and  they  report  to  our  next  Board  meeting. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana):  There  is  a resolution  that  can  be 
settled  immediately  in  regard  to  paying  the  expenses  of  the  Board. 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : Here  is  the  resolution: 

Be  it  Resolved,  That  each  officer  be  given  railroad  fare  and  $6.00  per 
diem  to  cover  all  expenses  while  away  from  home  on  any  business  for  the 
Association. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana)  : I move  the  adoption  of  that  part  of 
that  resolution. 

(Motion  seconded.) 


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By  Me.  Shhader  (of  Arkansas)  : I wish  to  make  an  amendment.  I 
wish  to  make  it  $10.00  a day.  A man  cannot  live  on  $6.00  a day  when 
traveling. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana)  : I just  want  to  disagree  with  him,  be- 
cause  he  is  mistaken.  Any  man,  or  any  photographer,  can  live  on  $6.00  a 
day,  and  99  per  cent,  of  them  have  done  it  all  their  lives. 

By  Treasurer  Dozer:  The  object  of  this  resolution  is  to  reduce,  if 
possible,  the  officers’  expense  account;  and  if  you  made  that  $10.00  a day, 
you  had  better  leave  us  the  way  we  are  going  because  the  Association  will 
be  worse  off  than  now. 

By  Mr.  Phillips  (of  Pennsylvania):  I am  very  apt  to  want  to  put 
words  in.  There  is  just  one  little  slip  there,  and  that  is  the  wTord  “Pullman 
fare.”  I am  thinking  of  when  you  have  pretty  long  trips. 

By'  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : We  discussed  that,  and  de- 
cided if  he  was  allowed  $6.00  a day  from  the  time  he  left  home  his  expense 
would  not  be  any  heavier  on  the  Pullman  than  at  a hotel. 

By  President  Tyree:  Mr.  Towles,  will  you  take  the  chair? 

By'  Mr.  Tyree  (of  North  Carolina)  : I am  going  off  of  this  Board  and 
I will  soon  be  a past  president.  But  I do  object  to  that,  and  I want  to 
tell  you  if  I was  limited  to  $6.00  a day  I don’t  believe  I would  want  to  spend 
money  out  of  my  owm  pocket  for  the  Association.  I have  never  gone  home 
that  I was  not  short  seventy-five  or  a hundred  dollars  of  my  own  money.  I 
expect  to  spend  money  enough  to  get  along,  and  you  cannot  do  it  on  $6.00 
a day.  I don’t  want  to  be  limited  to  $6.00.  I have  never  seen  an  exorbitant 
expense  account,  and  I believe  to-day  you  have  got  just  as  economical  a 
Board,  considering  the  present  time.  There  is  not  a man  on  that  Board 
that  spends  money  for  anything  except  for  legitimate  hotel  bills.  In  order 
to  represent  this  Association  it  costs  us  two  or  three  dollars  a day  for  a 
room.  I don’t  believe  you  have  investigated  this  thing  as  you  should. 
There  are  times  when  wre  go  into  a town,  in  order  to  be  properly  represented, 
your  officers  are  compelled  to  stop  at  the  best  hotel.  And  oftentimes  we  are 
called  upon  to  take  people  to  dinner,  and  we  are  compelled  to  do  it,  and  we 
extend  that  invitation  to  them  because  we  are  doing  the  work  of  the  Asso- 
ciation and  have  it  to  do.  I believe  in  curtailing  expenses  all  that  we 
possibly  can,  but  at  the  same  time  this  thing  of  limiting  a man  to  $6.00  a 
day  is  not  right. 

I just  want  to  go  on  record  as  saying  I object  to  a resolution  of  that 

kind. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana):  I moved  the  adoption  of  it.  I have 
not  anything  to  say  in  answer  to  you.  I appreciate  what  Mr.  Tyree  has 
said.  The  Board  is  necessarily  called  upon  sometimes  to  entertain.  At 
the  same  time  I believe  that  a certain  stated  amount  is  better  than  an  ex- 
pense account  left  to  the  discretion  of  the  man.  If  $6.00  is  not  enough, 
why  make  it  more.  The  idea  at  the  present  time  was  to  put  on  some  kind 
of  a limit.  We  get  men  of  different  dispositions  on  the  Board.  I believe 


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that  a certain  stated  amount  to  cover  expenses  is  better  than  a discretionary 
expense  account,  which  varies  very  largely  with  the  temperament  and  the 
disposition  of  the  man.  I really  think  that  $6.00  is  about  a legitimate 
amount — not  to  speak  of  the  fact  that  entertainment  is  not  legitimate,  but 
it  is  very  often  subject  to  abuse.  Really,  I haven’t  very  strong  feelings  on 
this  subject,  and  I cannot  talk  unless  I am  interested  in  it.  But  I do  be- 
lieve that  a stated  amount  is  better. 

By  President  Tyree  : Does  any  officer  believe  that  he  can  really  cover 
his  expenses  at  $6.00  while  away  from  home? 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : Here  is  your  answer.  He 
can  get  a room  for  $3.00  a day.  I am  the  kind  of  a fellow  that  cannot  live 
in  a room  without  a bath.  Many  of  you  will  not  live  in  a room  unless  it 
has  a bath.  That  leaves  $3.00  for  meals.  There  is  not  a man  in  this  room 
that  spends  a dollar  a day  for  breakfast,  and  there  are  lots  of  men  that  will 
not  spend  a dollar  a day  for  lunch.  But  lots  of  us  will  spend  $2.00  for 
dinner;  so  I would  say  if  you  do  anything  along  that  line,  I would  raise  it 
$1.00.  It  is  not  so  much  an  argument  of  where  to  start— it  would  take  up 
all  the  rest  of  this  afternoon,  because  we  would  all  have  our  own  ideas. 

The  expenses  of  this  convention  are  more  than  they  should  be.  It  is 
absolutely  terrible.  The  last  convention  was  the  most  expensive  that  was 
ever  pulled  off.  If  we  could  appoint  some  kind  of  a committee,  who  know 
what  expenses  mean,  to  go  over  these  expense  accounts  and  go  into  them, 
that  might  be  all  right.  I would  like  to  find  out  why  these  expenses  are 
jumping  all  the  time.  I think  a committee  could  bring  in  a report  by  next 
year  that  would  straighten  us  out. 

You  know  the  last  four  or  five  presidents — that  includes  me  now — 
have  gone  out  and  hired  men  to  do  work  for  this  convention  when  they 
could  have  made  the  men  work  who  are  on  this  Board.  They  did  not  do  it. 
Why — I don’t  know.  We  have  all  been  doing  the  same  thing.  I did  it,  too. 
So  I can  point  to  the  fellow  who  did  it  the  worst.  It  seems  to  me  if  we 
would  get  a good  committee  we  might  come  to  a basis  where  we  could  stop 
this  expense. 

One  more  thing.  You  know  our  President  can  do  almost  anything. 
There  is,  of  course,  a kind  of  a restraint,  but  not  a good  restraint,  in  the 
Treasurer  and  the  Secretary.  Now  when  he  spends  the  money,  the  other 
two  have  to  pay  it.  I don’t  care,  there  is  not  a man  in  this  Association  who 
will  absolutely  “butt”  a friend  of  his  into  the  chair.  Some  of  our  presi- 
dents put  bills  through  where  it  was  an  injustice  to  put  those  bills  through 
in  that  way.  I remember  distinctly  one  President  who  wired  two  men  to 
come  on  at  the  expense  of  the  convention,  both  of  them  to  do  his  personal 
bidding,  and  that  was  all. 

Now  the  point  is  that  we  want  to  get  up  some  kind  of  a scheme  of 
financing  so  that  one  man  cannot  spend  all  of  our  money  in  one  year. 

I want  it  to  go  on  record,  right  now,  that  I object  to  the  amount  of  ex- 
pense of  our  last  convention,  and  the  way  the  President  spent  our  money. 


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It  was  the  most  expensive  convention  that  we  have  ever  pulled  off,  and  it  did 
not  need  to  be,  and  I object  to  it.  And  if  I did  not  object  to  it,  some  other 
man  is  going  to  get  on  this  Board  and  spend  more  money  than  he  did,  not 
only  in  that  way,  but  in  other  ways.  I don’t  mean  anything  personal 
against  the  last  President  at  all  in  this  particular  thing,  but  I would  like  to 
see  three  men  that  live  close  enough  together,  and  who  know  what  finances 
mean,  who  can  get  down  into  an  expense  account  and  say  what  should  be 
eliminated,  and  what  should  not  be  done.  And  after  that,  it  will  not  cost  us 
as  much  money  as  it  has  in  the  last  five  conventions. 

I hope  you  will  let  it  go  until  next  year,  and  bring  in  a proposition 
that  will  cover  the  whole  finance  scheme  of  this  convention. 

By  Secretary  Hoffman  : This  is  a question  that  I am  interested  in 
possibly  as  much,  if  not  more,  than  any  other  one  in  the  room,  because  my 
future  depends  upon  the  future  of  the  Association.  When  you  get  to 
thinking  of  the  finances  of  the  Association  it  is  really  an  alarming  fact  that 
we  pay  so  much  money  for  the  little  amount  we  get.  At  the  present  time 
we  have  $2500,  drawing  interest,  and  there  is  a loan  out  against  that.  So 
you  will  see  that  we  are  really  down  to  $2000.  This  is  not  a million-dollar 
organization,  and  I think  every  step  that  can  properly  be  taken  toward  the 
reduction  of  expense  should  be  taken.  The  resolution  has  been  thought 
over  very  carefully,  and  it  has  been  figured  out  what  a man  can  live  on,  and 
$6.00,  while  it  is  conservative,  will  cover  the  expenses  of  a conservative 
man.  I believe  it  is  in  proportion,  and  I think  it  should  be  passed. 

As  far  as  curtailing  the  President  in  the  expense  of  running  the  con- 
vention, the  most  satisfactory  way  is  to  fix  a budget  at  the  beginning  of  the 
year.  The  President  shall  have  so  much  money  to  spend,  and  keep  him 
within  that,  and  in  that  way  you  are  protected  all  around. 

By  Mr.  Core  (of  New  York):  This  is  a question  of  incorporating  a 
specified  amount  for  a daily  expense  account,  as  I understand  it.  It  is  per- 
haps not  altogether  complimentary  to  a man  to  say  to  him  that  he  shall  not 
spend  of  the  Association’s  money  any  more  than  a small  stipulated  amount, 
when  he  is  doing  work  that,  applied  in  almost  any  other  field,  would  be  worth 
about  three  times  that  amount.  That  is  one  side. 

On  the  other  hand,  if  you  place  a specified  amount,  whoever  the  officer 
is,  no  matter  what  the  case  might  be,  he  is  entitled  to  that  much ; and  I 
know  from  my  own  experience  that  I never  would  think  of  entering  an  ex- 
pense bill  of  what  I actually  spent  at  the  time  that  I was  President  of  the 
National  Association.  It  was  not  in  my  mind  that  I should  do  it.  There 
was  not  any  specified  amount  that  I was  supposed  to  have.  The  conse- 
quence was — perhaps  I am  a little  too  honest- — I felt  that  the  service  that 
I rendered  the  Association  was  not  worth  more  than  just  a few  cents  rail- 
road fare.  On  the  other  hand,  if  the  Constitution  afforded  me  a certain 
specified  amount,  there  would  be  no  reason  why  I should  not  take  it.  That 
is  the  other  side  of  this  question.  Some  are  perfectly  willing  to  do  a lot  of 


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work  for  nothing,  and  others  may  do  it  in  a great  deal  more  expensive  way 
than  the  former. 

By  Mr.  Dozer  (Treasurer)  : I want  to  take  an  exception  to  a few  of 
the  remarks  made  by  Mr.  Harris.  In  the  first  place,  the  last  convention  was 
not  the  most  expensive  convention.  The  Philadelphia  convention  was  more 
expensive.  Mr.  Townsend,  the  President,  was  limited  on  the  amount  of 
money  that  we  allowed  him  to  spend,  and  while  he  exceeded  the  expense 
allowed  him,  the  Board  saw  fit  to  allow  those  bills. 

There  are  bills  passed  by  the  Secretary  that  are  held  up  by  the  present 
Treasurer.  Because  the  President  or  Secretary,  or  any  other  officer  of  this 
Association,  decides  to  send  in  a bill  that  is  not  right,  it  is  not  assured  that 
he  is  going  to  get  his  money.  There  have  been  bills  held  up. 

By  President  Tyree:  Will  you  allow  me  to  speak  again,  while  I jump 
on  my  friend  Harris?  Last  year’s  convention  was  not  the  most  expensive, 
and  I don’t  believe  he  wants  to  go  on  record  as  objecting  to  it.  I think  he 
spoke  rather  hastily. 

I am  going  to  tell  you  a little  something — you  may  not  like  it,  It  was 
predicted  that  Tyree,  with  his  expensive  tastes,  would  bust  this  Association 
this  year.  I am  informed  by  the  Treasurer  that  he  thinks  the  expenses  will 
run  $3000  less  than  last  year,  notwithstanding  that  prophecy. 

Don’t  limit  a man  on  expenses.  Put  it  up  to  him.  Use  the  honor  sys- 
tem that  we  are  using  to-day.  If  you  have  to  limit  a man,  why  get  some 
one  else,  and  I especially  object  to  a resolution  of  this  kind.  I am  sorry 
it  was  ever  brought  before  this  Association. 

Mr.  Dozer  is  right,  and  is  looking  after  the  treasury.  Bills  have  been 
presented  to  the  Treasurer,  and  he  has  refused  to  issue  vouchers  for  them. 
There  is  not  a man  who  has  the  good  of  the  Association  at  heart,  but  what 
he  certainly  wants  the  Association  to  prosper,  but  he  cannot  do  it  without 
that  big  vehicle  “money.” 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : I would  like  to  just  answer 
these  two  questions  put  up  to  me.  Of  course,  if  you  take  into  consideration 
as  convention  expenses  the  trip  to  Atlantic  City,  that  was  the  most  ex- 
pensive convention.  I did  not  take  that  in  as  part  of  the  convention  ex- 
penses. Was  it  not  the  largest  outside  of  that  one  item?  That  is  ex- 
actly what  I meant. 

The  second  proposition  is  this:  Mr.  Tyree,  under  my  plan,  is  to  ap- 
point a committee  of  three  men  close  together— I mean  an  expense  com- 
mittee, whatever  term  they  might  be  called,  but  within  a circle  that  they  can 
meet  often.  I question  whether  you  could  get  a committee  within  a far 
radius  to  take  in  the  situation  of  finances  in  such  a way  that  it  would  be  of 
consequence.  Unless  you  cover  thoroughly  this  matter  there  is  no  use  of 
going  into  it. 

I think  we  ought  to  put  this  resolution  out  of  business,  and  get  a com- 
mittee to  look  into  the  finances  of  this  convention.  I think  it  will  be  a good 
thing  for  us.  It  cannot  do  any  harm.  I think  it  ought  to  be  done.  I am 


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fully  in  accord  with  the  proposition  of  trying  to  put  some  fence  around  the 
President.  The  Board  is  all  right,  but  it  is  the  President  who  is  always 
doing  these  things. 

By  President  Tyree:  It  is  unfortunate,  but  true,  you  talk  about 
your  President.  It  doesn’t  make  any  difference  what  the  President  of  the 
convention  does,  how  hard  he  works,  how  much  he  does  to  make  it  a success ; 
if  that  convention  is  not  a success,  Tyree  is  to  blame.  It  doesn’t  make  any 
difference  who  is  to  blame — it  is  laid  on  him  personally.  Yes,  it  is.  Of 
course,  if  it  is  a success  all  the  officers  of  the  Association  and  everybody 
contributed  to  that  success,  but  they  don’t  look  at  it  that  way.  If  it  fails, 
the  President  gets  the  blame.  It  is  perfectly  natural  for  the  President  to 
secure  the  best  talent  even  if  it  does  cost  money. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : Whether  I got  in  wrong  with 
the  President  or  not,  that  doesn’t  make  any  difference.  I wasn’t  going  to 
say  it,  but  I will  now.  Last  year  the  President  had  two  men  on  this  Board 
that  he  did  not  work.  He  did  not  have  them  do  anything,  or  if  he  did,  they 
didn’t  do  it.  If  the  President  last  year  asked  two  of  the  officers  to  do  any- 
thing they  did  not  do  it,  and  he  only  had  three  or  four  men  to  do  their 
work.  I don’t  think  it  is  right  for  the  Association  to  pay  the  expenses  for 
work  that  the  Board  should  do  themselves.  They  have  two  weeks  at  a con- 
vention, and  they  go  out  and  hire  other  people  to  do  the  work.  The  first 
thing  you  know  we  are  going  to  have  a President  who  will  go  out  and  hire 
the  whole  force  and  leave  his  whole  Board  to  do  nothing.  I did  not  want  to 
say  it,  but  I have  said  it,  and  I am  going  to  stand  by  it.  It  is  not  right. 
The  Association  expenses  are  climbing  up,  and  I am  beginning  to  wonder 
how  long  we  can  stand  for  it. 

Take  our  Board  meetings,  for  instance.  We  used  to  do  the  Board  work 
in  four  days,  and  it  is  now  taking  eight  to  get  done,  because  two  or  three 
men  cannot  agree — and  we  pay  the  bills.  I don’t  believe  it  is  right.  I feel 
that  we  must  do  something  now  to  save  us  money.  That  is  what  I want. 
We  are  expecting  our  new  Secretary  to  save  us  money.  That  is  who  I am 
trying  to  fight  for.  I want  to  see  that  man  pull  the  Association  together, 
and  spend  the  money  where  it  belongs.  In  Philadelphia  we  had  the  same 
trouble  the  year  before.  They  were  two  or  three  days  longer  doing  their 
business  up  there.  I see  Ben  Larrimer  getting  ready  to  answer  me.  There 
is  no  reason  why  they  should  spend  eight  or  ten  days  at  it.  I know  that  they 
used  to  do  it  in  four  days,  and  now  it  is  taking  twice  that  long.  Now  there 
are  other  men  coming  here  and  will  be  on  this  Board,  and  they  will  take  that 
precedent — that  is  what  I am  kicking  about. 

I don’t  care  how  much  money  has  been  spent  in  the  past,  but  if  they 
don’t  stop  it  these  members  will  be  coming  in  in  January  and  staying  there 
until  the  convention  comes  off. 

By  Mr.  Dozer  (Treasurer)  : I want  to  say,  in  reply  to  Mr.  Harris, 
that  I don’t  believe  that  there  is  a member  of  this  Executive  Board  who 
wants  to  spend  his  time  around  with  nothing  to  do,  and  nothing  coming  in. 


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He  has  business  at  home.  I feel  that  we  spend  no  more  time  at  our  Board 
meetings  than  is  absolutely  necessar}^.  We  all  have  business  to  look  after 
of  our  own.  We  go  to  the  Board  meetings  and  work  and  get  through  as 
quickly  as  we  can. 

By  President  Tyree:  In  January,  at  the  Atlanta  Board  meeting,  we 
attended  a little  banquet.  That  was  over  at  10.30,  and  we  went  back  into 
session  and  stayed  there  until  2 o’clock  on  Saturday  night,  and  we  were 
working  every  night.  After  it  was  over,  one  member  of  the  Board  said: 
“Tyree,  I would  not  work  that  way  again  for  any  darned  Association.” 
We  did  not  go  to  any  entertainments,  except  a vaudeville  show  and  the 
banquet. 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.):  I think  this  resolution  has 
accomplished  exactly  what  I wanted  to  accomplish.  A few  things  have  been 
brought  out  that  I wanted  brought  out,  and  I wanted  the  members  of  this 
Congress  to  think  along  these  lines  in  order  to  provide  some  safeguards. 
The  resolution  is  not  the  thing  we  want,  but  we  have  to  start  to  thinking 
along  this  line,  and  it  will  eventually  result  in  some  plan  to  throw  safeguards 
around  this  Association.  I will  withdraw  the  resolution,  with  the  consent  of 
the  second. 

By'  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana):  I will  withdraw  the  motion  to  adopt 
it,  with  the  consent  of  the  second. 

(Consent  given,  and  the  meeting  stood  adjourned  to  meet  again  at 
4 p.  m.  of  the  same  day.) 


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Thursday  Afternoon  Session,  June  18,  1914 

4.15  o’clock 

Meeting  called  to  order  at  4.15,  President  Tyree  in  the  chair. 

By  President  Tyree:  This  is  the  last  meeting  of  Congress,  the  last 
session,  and  the  Congress  is  now  open  for  new  business. 

By  Mr.  Moore  (of  Ohio)  : I have  got  a little  matter  here,  and  my  rea- 
son for  bringing  this  subject  up  and  talking  about  it  is  the  fact  that  there  is 
a crew  of  home  portrait  people  working  in  my  home  town,  and  it  was  called 
to  my  attention  a few  weeks  ago  that  the  representatives  of  these  people 
would  call  upon  a man  to  photograph  him,  and  if  the  man  was  in  the  iron 
business  or  steel  business,  they  would  give  him  a card,  and  on  this  card  it 
would  read,  “Special  Representative  of  the  Iron  Age,”  and  the  agent  would 
represent  that  he  had  been  sent  out  there  especially  to  take  that  firm’s  pho- 
tographs. If  they  approached  a bank,  they  used  a different  card  with  the 
name  of  some  bank  publication,  and  they  used  cards  representing  six  or  eight 
or  ten  different  trade  publications,  of  each  of  which  they  had  these  cards. 
They  had  cards  printed  for  each  one,  and  each  and  every  man  would  be  pre- 
sented with  a card  from  a trade  publication  that  he  would  be  interested  in.  I 
inquired  of  the  Iron  Age  people,  and  they  stated  that  they  had  absolutely 
nothing  to  do  with  these  men,  and  they  did  not  want  to  have  anybody  photo- 
graphing people  for  them,  because  if  a man  was  approached  in  this  manner 
and  was  photographed  for  them,  and  in  the  course  of  human  events,  if  these 
pictures  were  not  published,  he  would  be  sore,  and  here  is  a resolution  that 
Mr.  Edmonson  and  myself  drew  up : 

Whereas,  It  has  been  the  custom  of  some  traveling  photographers  to 
procure  sittings  of  business  men  by  wrongfully  claiming  to  represent  various 
trade  papers  and  magazines;  therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  the  Congress  of  Photography  here  assembled  do  in- 
struct the  Secretary  of  the  Photographers’  Association  of  America  to  in- 
form the  editors  of  the  different  trade  papers  and  magazines  of  the  schemes 
practiced  by  unscrupulous  photographers  to  procure  business  by  using  the 
names  of  papers  and  magazines  solely  for  the  profit  of  said  photographers, 
by  request  of  any  member  of  the  P.  A.  of  A. ; he  it  further 

Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  inform  the  editors  of  the  various  trade 
journals  that  he  will  furnish,  by  request,  lists  of  photographers,  members  of 
the  Photographers’  Association  of  America,  in  any  city  or  town  in  the 
United  States. 

What  I am  trying  to  get  at  is  to  have  the  Photographers’  Association 
write  to  these  magazines  telling  them  how  their  name  is  being  used.  If  I 
would  write  a personal  letter  to  the  editor  of  the  magazine  it  would  prob- 
ably get  thrown  into  the  waste  basket,  but  I think  if  our  Secretary  would 


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write  a letter  calling  attention  to  the  fact  that  such  things  are  being 
done,  they  would  recognize  it  quicker  coming  from  the  Association  than 
from  me.  If  these  people  knew  what  was  being  done,  I think  they  would 
object  to  it.  I know  that  the  concern  that  was  using  the  name  of  the  Iron 
Age  a very  few  days  afterward  denied  that  they  had  anything  to  do  with 
the  Iron  Age,  because  they  had  been  called  down. 

I move  the  adoption  of  the  resolution. 

(Seconded.  Motion  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Doty  (of  Michigan)  : I have  just  a little  matter  that  I thought 
perhaps  was  forgotten.  It  was  planned  to  take  up  at  this  meeting  the  ques- 
tion of  the  adoption  of  a permanent  emblem.  Has  anything  been  done 
along  that  line? 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana):  I move  that  a committee,  consisting 
of  Will  H.  Towles,  George  W.  Harris  and  Manly  W.  Tyree,  be  authorized 
by  this  Congress  to  secure  designs,  competitive  designs,  for  a permanent 
emblem  representing  the  P.  A.  of  A. ; that  they  secure  as  many  as  they  can 
from  the  best  concerns  possible,  and  that  they  be  further  authorized  to 
adopt  an  emblem  which  shall  be  a permanent  emblem  of  the  Photographers’ 
Association  of  America. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania)  : We  have  now  determined  upon 
a permanent  Secretary.  It  seems  to  me  that  it  is  quite  important  that  we 
should  have  a permanent  home  for  him. 

By  President  Tyree:  Mr.  Schriever,  we  have  gotten  into  the  habit  of 
saying  permanent  Secretary.  It  is  really  General  Secretary. 

By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania)  : After  this  meeting  I will  call 
him  a General  Secretary.  In  selecting  a home  for  a General  Secretary,  if  you 
please,  it  seems  to  me  that  the  selection  of  the  location  of  his  home  would  be 
of  importance  to  this  Association — it  should  stand  for  something.  There  is 
one  location  that  seems  to  me  would  be  better  than  any  other  location  in  the 
United  States.  It  seems  to  me  our  national  capitol  w'ould  add  strength  to 
our  organization,  and  he  would  know  what  was  going  on  in  the  way  of  legis- 
lation at  the  same  time. 

I move  you  that  our  General  Secretary  be  permanently  located  at 
Washington,  D.  C. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Ackerman  (of  New  York  City,  not  a delegate,  but  given  per- 
mission to  address  Congress)  : It  is  needless  to  say,  Mr.  President  and  gen- 
tlemen of  the  Congress,  that  the  privilege  of  addressing  the  Association  is 
one  which  is  esteemed,  not  only  by  those  of  the  photographic  fraternity,  but 
also  by  those  who  live  upon  the  photographic  fraternity,  namely,  the  pho- 
tographic publisher. 

As  long  as  we  have  the  official  headquarters  now  in  Washington,  D.  C., 
I Avould  like  to  talk  to  you  for  a moment  about  some  pending  legislation 
which  I believe  the  Association  should  go  on  record  as  endorsing.  That  is, 


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the  Stevens  bill,  which  is  known  throughout  the  country  as  the  fair  trade 
bill,  now  before  Congress.  Many  of  you  remember  that  in  recent  years 
there  have  been  decisions  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  which 
have  taken  from  the  manufacturers  of  products  the  right  to  fix  the  price  at 
which  those  products  shall  be  sold.  This  has  brought  into  trade  conditions 
in  the  country  a problem  which  spells  disaster  for  the  legitimate,  honest 
manufacturers,  who  continue  to  deliver  the  goods.  It  opens  the  way  for 
price  cutting,  for  department  store  practice,  and  mail  order  campaigns, 
which  deal  through  advertising  campaigns,  on  large  scopes,  in  unsatisfac- 
tory goods  which  do  not  measure  up  to  the  standard  required  in  our  business. 

The  Stevens  bill  was  drawn  by  Louis  Brandeis,  who  was  known  all  over 
the  country  as  the  people’s  lawyer,  for  the  protection  of  the  people.  We 
are  just  as  much  interested  in  pure  photographic  goods  and  standard  prices 
on  these  goods  as  is  the  druggist,  the  grocer,  jeweler  or  hardware  man,  and 
I believe  that  we  should  go  on  record  as  endorsing  this  measure,  because  it 
has  been  endorsed  by  every  association  of  standard  and  character  in  the 
country  which  has  held  conventions  so  far  this  year. 

One  thing  that  I want  to  talk  to  you  in  connection  with  this  is  the  price 
that  we  should  get  on  the  goods  that  we  manufacture.  Every  photographer 
is  a manufacturer.  He  takes  the  raw  material  and  transforms  it  into  the 
finished  product.  The  cost  of  production  of  goods  is  continually  increas- 
ing the  cost  of  doing  business,  the  overhead  charges  are  increased — and  the 
charges  that  the  photographers  are  making  to  the  public  to-day  are  not  in 
keeping  or  keeping  pace  with  the  advance  in  the  cost  of  production,  or  in 
pace  with  the  cost  of  doing  business  in  other  lines. 

You  take  the  work  that  you  are  doing  to-day — you  look  at  }rour  exhi- 
bition upon  the  walls  here  to-day,  and  you  will  find  that  the  work  that  you 
have  to  put  upon  the  photograph  itself  is  greater  than  you  ever  had  before. 
You  have  heard  of  the  “automobile  face”  and  the  “bicycle  face,”  and  now 
you  have  to  wrestle  with  the  “tango  face” — and  to  take  pictures  of  the 
American  type  of  “tango  face”  is  one  thing  which  renders  your  work  more 
difficult  than  ever  before.  The  strained  expressions  of  the  men.  The  al- 
most frozen  smile  of  the  women,  make  for  the  photographers  a harder  job 
than  he  ever  had,  all  of  which  should  make  it  necessary  for  you  to 
raise  prices  to  keep  pace  with  the  competition  of  the  other  industries.  I 
want  to  do  this — I want  to  introduce  a resolution : 

Be  it  Resolved,  By  the  Congress  of  Photography  of  the  Photographers’ 
Association  of  America  in  convention  assembled,  that  we  do  hereby  endorse 
the  provisions  of  the  Stevens  bill,  for  the  maintenance  of  fair  price  and  the 
upbuilding  of  the  retail  business  men  of  the  country. 

I want  to  read  from  the  provisions  of  this  bill,  and  then  I would  like  to 
hear  from  Mr.  Harris. 

(Mr.  Ackerman  then  reads  from  the  New  York  Times,  of  June  16th, 
the  following:) 


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“Unfair  competition  in  commerce  is  hereby  declared  unlawful.  The 
commission  is  hereby  empowered  and  directed  to  prevent  corporations  from 
using  unfair  methods  of  competition  in  commerce.  Whenever  the  commis- 
sion shall  have  reason  to  believe  that  any  corporation  has  been  or  is  using 
any  unfair  method  of  competition  in  commerce  it  shall  issue  and  serve  upon 
such  corporation  a written  order  at  least  thirty  days  in  advance  of  the  time 
set  therein  for  hearing,  directing  it  to  appear  before  the  commission  and 
show  cause  why  an  order  shall  not  be  issued  by  the  commission  restraining 
and  prohibiting  it  from  using  such  method  of  competition,  and  if  upon  such 
hearing  the  commission  shall  find  that  the  method  of  competition  in  ques- 
tion is  prohibited  by  this  act  it  shall  thereupon  issue  an  order  restraining 
and  prohibiting  the  use  of  the  same.” 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : There  was  quite  an  uproar 
raised  in  the  House  over  this  particular  bill.  Now  I cannot  pull  out  of  my 
memory  what  it  was  about.  I don’t  follow  those  things  very  closely.  I am 
not  interested  in  them,  and  there  are  so  many  bills  there.  I distinctly  re- 
member it  being  discussed  in  the  Literary  Digest,  but  I cannot  call  to  mind 
what  it  was. 

I don’t  think  it  is  fair— I don’t  like  to  say  it  this  way,  but  I don’t  think 
it  is  the  thing  for  this  Congress  to  go  on  record  endorsing  any  bill  until 
every  one  of  us  knows  exactly  what  the  bill  is  about.  The  mere  fact  that 
any  one  of  us  brings  something  up  here  and  asks  all  of  us  to  endorse  some- 
thing w e have  no  means  of  knowing  about,  I don’t  think  it  is  the  thing  to  do. 
If  it  is  done,  a precedent  is  established,  and  any  motion  can  be  passed.  I 
wrish  you  had  not  called  on  me. 

By  Mr.  Ackerman  (of  New  York,  not  a delegate):  The  resolution 
that  I introduced  has  been  withdrawn,  and  the  resolution  which  we  are  now 
considering  is  this:  That  the  Congress  go  on  record  as  endorsing  the  move- 
ment for  legislation  leading  to  fair  trade  conditions.  We  can  stand  for 
honesty  in  business.  Certainly  this  Association  is  big  enough  and  strong 
enough  to  endorse  a great  national  movement  looking  for  the  uplift  of  the 
country  and  a grow  th  along  legitimate  lines. 

I move  the  adoption  of  the  resolution  that  was  introduced  in  place  of 
the  original  resolution. 

By  Mr.  Laii rimer  (of  Indiana)  : Mr.  Chairman,  I move  that  the  reso- 
lution which  has  been  reduced  from  the  concrete  to  the  abstract  by  Mr. 
Ackerman,  and  which  I understand  to  be  that  this  Congress  go  on  record  as 
endorsing  a national  movement  desiring  fair  practices  in  trade  getting — as 
placed  in  the  abstract  it  cannot  possibly  do  us  any  harm,  and  I move  its 
adoption.  I would  object  to  the  other  for  the  same  reasons  that  have  al- 
ready been  raised.  At  the  last  session  of  Congress  it  would  be  impossible 
for  the  members  to  give  an  intelligent  vote  on  a specific  bill,  which  has  much 
good,  together  with  something  that  might  not  be  so  good.  I believe  the 
movement  is  good.  I am  always  for  anything  that  points  to  the  light,  and 
in  the  abstract  way  it  is  presented  I think  it  does  point  to  the  light. 


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I realize  that  Mr.  Ackerman  cannot  really  introduce  the  resolution, 
and  I would  be  glad  to  move  that  this  resolution  be  adopted,  and  I don’t 
believe  it  could  do  us  any  harm. 

(Motion  seconded  and  put.) 

By  Mr.  Doty  (of  Michigan)  : I want  to  go  on  record  as  objecting  to 
the  adoption  of  this  resolution,  because  it  points  directly  toward  making  it 
harder  for  the  consumer  of  goods.  As  I understand  the  Stevens  bill,  which 
I have  given  some  attention,  it  is  an  attempt  to  legalize  in  business  that 
which  has  been  thrown  out  by  the  courts  under  the  Sherman  anti-trust  law. 
That  is  my  belief.  And  I give  it  as  such. 

I object  very  seriously  to  the  Congress  acting  on  this,  as  we  have  not 
proper  knowledge  of  what  we  are  passing. 

(Motion  carried.) 

By  Mr.  Ackerman  (of  New  York,  not  a delegate)  : The  Photogra- 
phic Publishers’  Association  of  America,  at  their  meeting,  held  in  conjunc- 
tion with  this  convention,  transmit  a resolution  passed  by  them,  thanking  the 
Association  for  the  courtesies  extended  to  its  members  and  tendering  to  the 
Association  a continuation  of  the  earnest  efforts  of  the  members  toward  the 
uplift  and  upbuilding  of  the  National  Association  work. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C. ) : Mr.  President,  we  have  a 
special  order  of  business  of  changing  the  by-laws  as  follows : 

“Article  V,  Section  1.  Active  members:  Annual  dues,  $2.00.  No  in- 
itiation fee.  Section  2.  Associate  members : Annual  dues,  $2.00.” 

And  attached  to  it  is  also  the  following  resolution : 

Resolved,  That  the  Executive  Board  be  and  are  hereby  authorized  to 
charge  the  sum  of  two  ($2.00)  dollars  for  button  and  convention  privileges. 

Mr.  President,  I move  that  this  be  done. 

(Motion  seconded,  put  and  carried.) 

By  Secretary  Hoffman:  I would  like  to  ask  if  it  is  the  intention  or 
the  desire  of  this  Congress  that  this  two-dollar  membership  shall  include  the 
subscription  to  the  Association  News,  and  not  to  charge  fifty  cents  additional 
for  that? 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana):  That  was  the  understanding  of  the 
Legislative  Committee,  to  put  the  Association  News  in  Math  it. 

By  Mr.  Redman  (of  Ohio)  : You  have  to  charge  fifty  cents  to  get  into 
the  second-class  rate.  They  agreed  to  appropriate  fifty  cents  from  the 
membership  in  order  to  cover  the  subscription. 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : I outlined  yesterday,  I think 
it  was,  a little  plan  that  I had  thought  out,  which  I believe  would  be  of  great 
benefit  to  the  Association,  not  only  to  the  National  Association,  but  to 
every  association,  and  every  photographer  connected  with  the  Association, 
and  you  requested  me  to  put  it  into  a resolution.  I have  done  so: 

“Since  this  Congress  is  the  national  legislative  body  composed  of  rep- 
resentatives from  the  various  States,  and  since  the  present  system  of  hold- 
ing State  conventions  necessitates  the  useless  expenditure  of  thousands  of 


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dollars  every  year  on  the  part  of  the  manufacturers  and  makes  less  effective 
our  organization;  be  it 

“ Resolved , That  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  communicate  with  the 
various  State  Associations  to  secure  their  co-operation  in  redistricting  the 
United  States  into  eight  sections,  in  each  of  which  shall  be  a photographic 
organization,  the  membership  of  which  shall  consist  of  the  photographers  of 
each  respective  section ; be  it  also 

“ Resolved , That  the  National  Board  be  authorized  to  name  the  dates 
for  the  various  State  conventions  and  be  instructed  to  solicit  the  support 
of  the  manufacturers  in  putting  these  provisions  into  operation;  be  it  also 

“ Resolved , That  the  National  Board  arrange  for  a uniform  system  of 
rating  the  pictures  for  the  different  exhibits,  by  providing  a jury,  which  shall 
grade  all  the  exhibits  during  the  year,  for  which  service  each  organization 
shall  contribute  a sum  sufficient  to  cover  all  expenses  of  this  jury  in  grading 
their  exhibits.” 

Now  the  object  of  this  resolution  is  to  eliminate  some  of  the  small 
State  conventions.  As  I understand  it,  we  have  had  State  conventions  this 
year  with  as  many  as  thirteen  photographers  present  on  the  opening  day. 
The  home  paper  came  out  with  the  headline,  “Home  Photographers  in  the 
Minority.”  There  were  more  exhibitors  than  photographers.  That  is  an 
injustice. 

I believe  if  we  can  get  the  consent  of  these  societies  to  redistrict  the 
country,  it  will  strengthen  us  and  enable  us  to  do  bigger  and  better  things. 
We  will  have  closer  co-operation.  These  State  societies  meeting  as  often 
as  they  do  are  a terrible  drain  on  the  manufacturers,  their  dates  conflict, 
and  it  works  a hardship  all  around.  I believe  if  we  can  put  a thing  of  this 
kind  through  it  will  be  of  great  benefit.  We  may  be  able  to  do  great  things 
for  the  photographers. 

By  Mr.  Hoffman  (Secretary)  : And  right  along  that  line,  I might  say 
that  several  of  the  manufacturers  mentioned  this  to  me,  when  I first  took  up 
the  work,  and  suggested  that  I write  the  different  manufacturers  about  it. 
I wrote  to  forty  manufacturers,  and  received  thirty-two  replies,  and  every 
one  was  in  favor  of  having  the  National  control  the  dates  of  these  different 
State  Associations,  because  the  receipts  did  not  bring  them  a proportionate 
return. 

By  Mr.  Abel  (of  Ohio,  not  a delegate,  but  given  permission  to  address 
Congress)  : Mr.  Chairman  and  delegates  of  the  Congress,  you  will  remem- 
ber that  I brought  that  up  at  Kansas  City  about  eliminating  a number  of 
the  conventions  throughout  the  country.  I told  you  at  that  time  that  if  the 
National  Association  adopted  the  plan  that  the  manufacturers  would  back 
you  up,  but  the  Congress,  at  that  time,  felt  strongly  against  stating  to  a 
State  Association,  you  shall  not  hold  a convention  unless  we  say  so. 

I want  to  tell  you  now,  that  the  manufacturers  will  all  back  you  up  by 
remaining  away  from  these  conventions  to  which  you  do  not  give  your 
“O.  K.”  I can  speak  for  several  of  them,  and  I believe  the  rest,  clear  down 


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the  line,  will  promise  as  much,  if  the  National  Association  will  take  the 
initiative.  We  will  promise  not  to  go  to  a convention  unless  your  Associa- 
tion says  we  can.  We  will  assist  you  in  that  way.  I tell  you  right  now,  that 
if  you  will  take  such  action,  the  manufacturers  will  back  you  up.  If  you  will 
pass  a resolution  to  the  effect  that  you  will  control  the  conventions  of  the 
various  States,  if  any  do  not  come  into  line  we  will  withdraw  our  support, 
and  that  means  that  the  convention  cannot  be  held. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana)  : I heartily  endorse  what  Mr.  Abel  has 
said.  In  going  back  a year  or  two  more  than  he,  I thought  up  a scheme  of 
my  own,  and  that  was  that  all  subordinate  associations,  either  by  States  or 
sections,  should  only  operate  under  a charter  granted  by  the  Photographers’ 
Association  of  America.  They  may  be  brought  about  in  time,  and  I think 
it  will  be  the  ultimate  disposition  to  make  of  this  question.  And  taking  my 
usual  position  as  an  optimist,  I believe  this  is  a good  thing.  I move  that  we 
adopt  this  resolution  as  read. 

(Motion  seconded  and  put.) 

By  Mr.  Redman  (of  Ohio)  : There  is  only  one  point  I would  like  to 
bring  up  for  consideration,  which  is  a small  one,  but  evidently  would  be 
rather  a large  one.  That  is,  as  I understand  it  there  will  be  eight  conven- 
tions and  the  one  of  the  National  would  be  nine. 

By  Mr.  Tow'les  (of  Washington,  D.  C.) : The  year  the  National  meets 
in  any  particular  section  that  section  would  suspend  their  meeting,  so  it 
would  make  eight  all  told. 

By  Mr.  Redman  (of  Ohio)  : The  point  is  you  mention  a permanent  set 
of  judges.  Now  then  what  occurs  to  me,  could  you  get  competent  judges, 
men  whom  we  would  recognize?  Men  who  have  the  ability  to  judge  profes- 
sional work?  I don’t  believe  you  could.  I question  whether  you  could  get 
three  competent  men,  or  the  number  of  judges  you  have,  to  give  that  much 
attention  to  the  judging  of  pictures  away  from  their  business.  That  is 
what  occurs  to  me  and  I would  like  to  have  it  considered. 

By  Mr.  Moore  (of  Ohio)  : This  last  clause  in  this  thing  I don’t  think 
is  fair.  This  motion  states  that  they  would  be  a permanent  set  of  judges 
for  eight  weeks.  How  are  you  going  to  pay  them? 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : Each  section  will  donate 
their  expenses.  The  object  in  having  a permanent  set  of  judges  is  to  reach 
a standard  in  photography,  which  is  impossible,  but  the  nearest  we  can  get 
to  it  would  be  to  get  a standard  according  to  three  men’s  understanding. 
If  these  men  judge  the  entire  exhibits  for  the  country  for  one  year,  you 
could  get  a standard  for  that  year;  if  they  serve  three  years  or  five  years  it 
is  better,  and  that  is  possible.  Nothing  is  impossible  you  know.  You 
would  then  be  able  to  get  nearer  to  an  understanding. 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : The  trouble  in  picture  mak- 
ing is  that  it  changes  with  the  individual  looking  at  it.  The  picture  is  just 
as  good  as  the  man  thinks  it  is  who  is  looking  at  it.  There  is  no  standard  to 
measure  it  by. 


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By  Mr.  Holsinger  (of  Virginia)  : Wouldn’t  your  standard  change 
every  time  you  changed  your  judges? 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : Certainly;  we  want  to  do 
something  that  will  mean  something  to  the  photographers.  We  don’t  know 
now  how  our  pictures  are  going  to  be  rated,  because  we  have  no  standard. 
These  three  men  could  give  us  some  idea  of  what  three  men  would  recognize 
as  a standard.  If  we  can  get  three  good  men  on  that  jury,  I believe  we  can 
accomplish  something.  You  take  three  men  to  judge  pictures  to-day,  and 
turn  around  and  take  three  to-morrow,  and  you  have  a difference  right 
away. 

By  President  Tyree:  I want  to  tell  you  something.  Do  you  know 
how  effective  this  is  going  to  be?  Mr.  Abel  says  that  the  manufacturers 
will  give  us  a signed  statement  that  they  will  support  the  National  Associa- 
tion in  naming  the  dates  of  these  different  State  conventions.  In  that  case 
we  can  name  and  they  must  abide  by  us,  or  they  will  not  receive  the  support 
of  the  manufacturers. 

“ Be  it  Resolved,  That  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  communicate  with 
the  various  State  Associations  to  secure  their  co-operation  in  redistricting 
the  United  States  into  eight  sections,  in  each  of  which  shall  be  a photo- 
graphic organization,  the  membership  of  which  shall  consist  of  the  photogra- 
phers of  each  respective  section.” 

You  are  passing  something  that  doesn’t  mean  anything.  If  you  are 
going  to  do  something,  let’s  take  the  “bull  by  the  horns.”  If  you  are  going 
to  do  something,  let’s  do  it.  For  heaven’s  sake  don’t  play  with  something 
that  don’t  amount  to  anything. 

By  Mr.  Core  (of  New  York)  : In  listening  to  these  talks  I happen  to 
know  something  about  what  the  support  of  the  manufacturers  means.  I 
think  it  is  a pretty  well  known  thing  that  the  convention  proposition  to  the 
manufacturer  is  quite  a burden.  I think  he  would  welcome  anything  that 
would  get  rid  of  some  of  that  burden.  We,  in  New  York,  never  had  to  aslv 
the  manufacturer  for  one  dollar  to  carry  on  our  convention.  The  only 
thing  that  sticks  in  my  craw  is  that  we  could  not  have  earned  on  our  con- 
vention in  the  way  it  was  without  the  aid  of  the  manufacturer,  whom  we 
really  turned  out  of  our  Association.  This  thing  wTould  not  be  effective,  ex- 
cept that  it  is  impossible  for  many  States  to  hold  a convention  at  all  with- 
out the  aid  of  the  manufacturer,  and  I think  it  looks  like  a good  move  in 
the  right  direction. 

By  Mr.  Holliday  (of  North  Carolina)  : For  a long  time  it  seems  to  me 
that  our  small  State  Associations  have  not  accomplished  anything.  It 
seems  to  me  that  it  would  accomplish  very  much  if  we  could  get  an  organiza- 
tion for  effective  work  under  organized  lines.  I think  Mr.  Towles’  move  is 
a good  one.  Take  my  own  section,  for  instance.  Our  State  society  has  not 
done  very  much  the  past  few  years.  But  suppose  all  of  us  had  a southeast- 
ern association  when  the  National  was  meeting  at  a distance  and  a lot  of 
fellows  could  not  afford  to  go  that  far,  but  they  could  get  to  some  central 


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point  in  that  section.  And  the  manufacturers  would  be  glad  to  support  it. 
1 know  it  must  be  a burden  to  the  manufacturers  to  come  to  us  at  great 
expense,  and  I personally  have  been  ashamed  to  ask  them,  because  I knew  it 
was  not  worth  their  while  to  do  it.  Let  us  do  something  that  will  make  it 
worth  their  while,  and  let  us  work  together  in  a unit  and  get  results,  and 
make  it  worth  while  in  every  section  that  we  can  possibly  get  together. 

By  Mr.  Medlar  (of  Illinois) : I think  that  is  a mighty  good  thing.  In 
my  personal  experience  in  the  working  of  the  Association  of  Iowa,  the  last 
four  or  five  years  it  has  been  like  pulling  teeth.  I believe  if  we  could  join 
with  Illinois,  Indiana  and  possibly  Ohio  and  Michigan,  we  would  get  a lot  of 
these  fellows  in  our  State  that  will  not  pay  any  attention  to  a State  asso- 
ciation. I think  it  is  a fine  move. 

By  President  Tyree:  The  Secretary  has  just  brought  in  some  letters 
endorsing  this  movement.  And  it  seems  that  he  has  received  replies  from 
thirty-two  manufacturers. 

By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania):  We  have  thought  a whole  long 
time  of  doing  something  for  the  manufacturer,  but  you  have  overlooked  the 
fact  that  if  you  divide  up  the  sections  of  the  country  into  eight  sections,  you 
are  not  only  helping  the  manufacturers,  but  you  are  helping  yourselves,  for 
the  reason  if  you  have  four  or  five  States  joined  together,  your  membership 
will  bring  you  in  more  revenue  with  which  you  can  entertain  and  furnish 
instruction  for  your  Association.  It  is  our  intention  in  the  State  of  Penn- 
sylvania to  build  up  our  membership  in  order  to  supply  more  talent.  If 
you  have  500  members  in  your  Association  you  will  have  a great  deal  more 
money  than  you  will  have  with  100  members  with  which  to  transact  busi- 
ness. The  trouble  has  been  in  our  Association  that  we  have  not  had  rev- 
enue enough.  We  have  some  fine  ideas,  but  we  lack  the  revenue,  and  I don’t 
believe  in  taxing  the  manufacturers  to  death.  I believe  that  the  members 
should  contribute  enough  to  finance  your  Association.  Therefore,  this  move 
is  one  of  the  best  that  I have  heard.  In  fact,  we  expect  to  invite  other 
States  to  our  State,  and  there  is  an  invitation  extended  now  to  two  other 
States  to  join  us,  for  the  reason  that  we  wish  to  increase  our  membership 
to  1000.  That  will  increase  our  revenue,  and  the  more  money  we  get  from 
the  members,  the  more  we  can  do  for  the  members,  and  I am  in  favor  of  this 
resolution,  and  I think  it  is  a good  move. 

By  President  Tyree:  I am  very  glad  indeed  to  hear  from  Mr. 
Schriever.  I wanted  to  hear  what  he  would  say. 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : Mr.  Chairman,  I did  not 
think  it  wise  to  put  a clause  in  this  resolution  that  would  make  it  absolutely 
iron  clad.  The  idea  was  suggested  to  see  just  howr  these  States  felt  about  it. 
I don’t  want  to  bring  in  anything  that  would  look  as  if  we  were  going  to  put 
these  State  societies  out  of  existence.  It  would  be  a mistake  to  do  that,  un- 
less wre  provided  a remedy  for  it.  We  could  not  very  well  have  the  co-opera- 
tion of  the  members,  unless  we  provided  some  remedy  and  some  means  to  take 
care  of  them,  and  I think  it  would  be  absolutely  practical  for  this  Associa- 


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tion  to  incorporate  this  plan,  and  then  when  we  have  the  co-operation  of 
the  manufacturers  and  we  have  outlined  our  plan,  we  can  say  to  each  State 
that  you  must  have  a membership  in  this  section,  and  in  that  way  you  will 
build  up  a stronger  organization.  The  photographers  don’t  go  to  the  State 
societies  because  they  have  nothing  to  give  them. 

I remember  in  Pennsylvania,  when  we  met  in  Harrisburg,  a year  ago,  a 
man  came  over  from  Baltimore  to  attend,  and  they  wanted  five  dollars.  He 
said,  “You  have  not  got  five  dollars’  worth  to  give  me,”  and  he  went  home 
again,  and  I don’t  blame  him.  They  did  not  have  it  to  give  him.  Just  as 
soon  as  you  get  a sufficient  membership  you  can  do  big  things,  you  can  get 
big  results. 

By  Mr.  Elliott  (of  Texas)  : I am  heartily  in  favor  of  this  movement. 
I think  it  ought  to  be  fixed  up  with  the  clause  to  do  what  we  are  going  to  do, 
and  do  it  right  now. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana):  My  speech  is  all  shot  to  pieces  now, 
but  I am  not  in  favor  of  the  clause.  I think  the  resolution  as  it  stands  is 
radical ; and  you  have  not  any  right  to  destroy  work  that  is  being  done,  and 
conventions  that  are  already  arranged  for  this  year.  I object  to  the  clause, 
and  I believe  you  had  better  coax  them  instead  of  trying  to  kill  them.  We 
have  a good  many  conventions  that  are  already  decided  on  for  this  year  that 
a clause  would  knock  out.  I believe  that  is  just  about  the  way  it  ought  to 
be,  and  I believe  it  is  plenty  strong  enough.  I don’t  think  you  want  to  go 
at  it  with  a club,  but  correspond  with  the  officers  of  the  State  Associations. 
They  know  that  they  are  poor.  They  are  doing  their  best.  A few  fellows  in 
each  one  are  working  their  heads  off  and  trying  to  make  things  go.  I strenu- 
ously object  to  putting  any  more  clauses  in  the  resolution.  It  is  the  right 
thing  and  leading  toward  the  light. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D,  C.):  I have  just  heard  from  the 
manufacturers,  and  they  suggest  that  we  do  the  coaxing  act  first.  So  let’s 
try  coaxing  first. 

By  President  Tyree:  I didn’t  for  one  moment  mean  to  state  that  the 
the  Association  should  destroy  this  year’s  conventions.  Did  I make  any  re- 
marks of  such  a nature?  I didn’t  mean  any  such  a thing.  I simply  say  this 
is  absolutely  harmless  the  way  it  is.  The  same  thing  will  be  brought  up  five 
years  from  now. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : No,  it  will  not.  Let  me  read 
part  of  this  to  you  : 

“ Be  it  Resolved , That  the  Secretary  be  instructed  to  communicate  with 
the  various  State  Associations  to  secure  their  co-operation  in  redistricting 
the  United  States  into  eight  sections,  in  each  of  which  shall  be  a photo- 
graphic organization,  the  membership  of  which  shall  consist  of  the  photog- 
raphers of  each  respective  section ; be  it  also 

“ Resolved , That  the  National  Board  be  authorized  to  name  the  dates 
for  the  various  State  conventions  and  be  instructed  to  solicit  the  support  of 
the  manufacturers  in  putting  these  provisions  into  operation.” 


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N ow  this  can  be  divided  into  two  parts  and  what  I have  read  is  one 
part.  Why  not  pass  that,  and  give  the  Secretary  the  right  to  use  these 
letters  that  we  have  in  his  correspondence  witli  the  State  Associations  as  he 
sees  fit.  It  will  give  us  something  we  are  absolutely  sure  of.  That  will  give 
the  Secretary  until  next  year  to  get  these  State  societies  in  line,  and  that 
is  all  we  can  do.  We  will  work  a whole  lot  of  them  in  this  way,  and  later  we 
can  drive  the  rest  of  them  in,  one  way  or  the  other.  Let  us  give  the  Secre- 
tary a year  to  see  what  he  can  do  with  them ; let  us  try  the  matter  out  first. 
If  the  person  who  made  the  original  motion  would  accept  it,  I would  suggest 
that  we  adopt  just  what  I read  first. 

I move  an  amendment,  that  the  first  two  sections  be  adopted. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana):  I will  accept  the  amendment. 

(Amended  motion  put  and  carried.) 

By  President  Tyree:  It  is  adopted  up  to  that  point. 

By  Mr.  Elliott  (of  Texas)  : May  I have  just  a moment  to  put  myself 
on  record.  I just  wanted  to  make  this  statement  as  endorsing  this  as  it 
stands.  This  question  came  up  of  redistricting  in  our  State  society  and  in- 
viting the  other  societies  around  us,  and  I have  used  every  influence  I could 
to  oppose  it  because  I thought  the  time  was  not  ripe.  Now  that  we  have 
authority  back  of  us  to  build  up  the  Association,  I am  in  favor  of  it.  I want 
that  to  go  into  the  record,  so  I can  go  back  with  a respectable  explanation 
of  why  I changed  my  mind. 

By  President  Tyree:  Now  we  will  take  up  the  next  section. 

By  Mr.  Towles  (of  Washington,  D.  C.):  I will  withdraw  that. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana)  : I will  withdraw  my  second. 

By  President  Tyree  : Congress  is  ready  for  new  business. 

By  Secretary  Hoffman:  I would  like  to  ask  for  a little  more  infor- 
mation. You  have  just  passed  a resolution  providing  for  membership  in 
the  Association  for  $2.00  a year,  and  it  was  my  intention  to  go  out  after 
the  new  members  immediately  after  this  convention  is  over  with.  Now, 
as  I understand  it,  this  clause  of  the  Constitution  will  not  take  effect  until 
the  first  of  next  year,  but  I cannot  go  out  and  get  new  members  to  pay 
their  $2.00  and  pay  them  for  1915. 

You  are  starting  out  on  a campaign  for  new  members — 5000  mem- 
bers. I believe  under  this  system  that  in  two  years’  time  on  this  basis  that 
we  will  have  5000  members.  I would  like  to  ask  permission  of  this  Congress 
to  go  out  on  a membership  campaign  immediately  after  this  convention,  per- 
mitting these  men  to  join  by  paying  $2.00  for  1915.  We  will  send  them 
their  membership  certificates  for  1915  at  once,  and  then  they  can  put  them  up 
in  their  studios  and  be  up-to-date. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : I think  the  Secretary  could 
give  an  order  on  the  Treasurer  that  these  memberships  are  to  be  applied  on 
next  year. 

While  we  are  talking  about  that,  Mr.  President,  Mr.  Schriever  and  I 
were  talking  on  the  train  coming  down  here,  and  he  made  a suggestion  that 


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he  thought  we  had  the  wrong  time  of  year  in  closing  up  our  fiscal  year.  He 
thinks  we  ought  to  close  our  year  up  within  two  months  after  the  conven- 
tion. That  is  not  a good  thing  to  bring  up  now,  but  it  is  a good  thing  to 
get  into  the  minutes,  so  when  the  members  of  the  Association  are  reading 
these  minutes  they  can  think  about  it.  It  would  mean  that  the  new  officers 
could  get  to  work  quicker.  Perhaps  the  time  should  be  two  months  after 
the  convention,  and  maybe  it  should  be  put  at  a date.  Say  we  have  our 
convention  in  July,  then  change  officers  say  the  1st  of  October. 

I just  make  the  suggestion  now,  so  when  we  are  reading  the  minutes  it 
will  come  to  our  minds  again,  and  let’s  put  a little  thought  on  that. 

By  Mr.  Schriever  (of  Pennsylvania)  : As  Mr.  Harris  says,  we  talked 
over  that  coming  down  on  the  train.  It  has  occurred  to  me  many  times, 
and  most  especially  this.  You  generally  hold  your  convention  in  July.  It 
doesn’t  give  the  new  officers  time  to  prepare  their  campaign,  and  the  result 
is  they  have  to  crowd  everything  into  a short  time.  They  should  have  at 
least  nine  months.  I understand  that  the  newly  elected  officers  are  laying 
their  plans,  but  they  cannot  take  hold  of  the  wheel  and  give  it  a good  push. 
I believe  three  months  after  the  close  of  the  convention,  at  the  latest,  is  the 
most  suitable  time  to  close  up  the  affairs  of  that  convention. 

By  President  Tyree:  Is  there  any  unfinished  business? 

By  Mr.  Holliday  (of  North  Carolina)  : It  strikes  me  just  no^,  in 
thinking  over  the  proposition  of  redistricting  the  country,  in  order  to  get 
started,  you  have  got  to  start  off  in  a concrete  way.  How  are  you  going  to 
start  that  off?  In  other  words,  organization  is  necessary  to  start  off  with. 
It  strikes  me  if  the  President  of  the  Association  were  allowed  to  appoint  in 
that  district  the  officers  for  their  first  meeting  it  would  help  matters,  and 
then  let  them  elect  their  own  set  of  officers  after  that. 

By  President  Tyree:  You  mean  to  form  a temporary  organization. 

By  Mr.  Holliday  (of  North  Carolina):  Yes;  it  seems  to  me  that  is 
the  way  to  get  it  started. 

By  President  Tyree:  I thought  I was  optimistic,  but  I am  not  as 
optimistic  as  Congress.  I have  not  got  the  new  slant  on  this. 

By  Mr.  Harris  (of  Washington,  D.  C.)  : Let  us  leave  that  up  to  the 
Secretary.  Let  him  figure  that  out. 

By  President  Tyree  : I have  got  to  appoint  a committee  on  resolu- 
tions, and  I want  to  name  Mr.  Core,  of  New  York,  and  Mr.  Thuss,  of  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.,  and  Mr.  Abel. 

By  Mr.  Core  (of  New  York):  Mr.  President,  it  is  generally  under- 
stood that  I have  retired,  and  I would  like  to  still  be  retired,  and  will  ask 
you  to  excuse  me. 

By  President  Tyree:  You  must  get  the  new  slant.  I will  appoint 
Mr.  Beach,  Mr.  Thuss  and  Mr.  Abel. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana):  I hold  in  my  hand  a communication 
addressed  to  the  Congress  of  Photography  from  W.  E.  Brooks,  of  Okla- 


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homa.  It  is  rather  voluminous  and  I suggest  that  this  communication  re- 
ceive no  attention  from  this  body,  but  if  there  is  no  objection  I would  be 
glad  to  read  some  po-et-ry  that  is  on  the  back  of  it. 


A perfectly  beautiful  yet  sad  “Pome,”  written  for  Decoration  Day, 
by  the  Pessimist  and  Grouch  of  Shawnee,  Okla. , W.  E.  Brooks,  entitled 

“THE  DEAD  PHOTO  GRAPHER.” 

The  happy  summer  days  have  come,  the  saddest  of  the  year; 

The  photo-grapher’s  awful  glum  because  these  days  are  here. 

The  Eastman  Kodak  Kompanee,  with  Ansco  close  behind. 

Have  got  the  “goat” — likewise  goat-ee — of  him  and  all  his  kind. 

No  more  he  flings  the  “funny  stuff”  nor  smiles  that  sunny  smile, 

Kodak  has  peeled  him  quite  enough  to  hold  him  for  awhile; 

The  halting  step — the  drooping  head — the  fringes  on  his  pants — 

Proclaim  the  man  with  soul  as  dead  as  Julius  Caesar’s  aunts. 

He  scarce  can  raise  a final  squawk  in  plaintive  pleasantree; 

The  dodo  and  the  giant  auk  are  not  more  dead  than  he. 

So  now  you  Koming  Kodak  Kids,  with  firm  and  deadly  tread, 

Just  dip  the  flag  and  lift  your  lids  to  our  heroic  dead. 

Just  wave  it  wide,  but  do  not  hide,  the  tears  you  do  (not)  shed 
That  all  these  photo-graphers  died  to  give  you  room  to  spread; 

Just  wipe  your  nose  and  lay  a rose  upon  the  unmarked  stone 
Where  Art  and  Patience  now  repose  forgotten  and  alone. 

If  you  would  speak  a word  of  praise  for  those  “who  blazed  the  way,” 
A shaft  of  ruddy  granite  raise  and  carve  it  thus  I pray: 

“Hie  Jacet,  Johnny — surname  Doe — a photographer  true.” 

He  used  to  take  the  cake,  you  know.  Now  he  is  dough  all  through. 

His  throbbing  heart  would  pant  for  Art,  regardless  of  finance; 

That’s  why  he  wore  ’till  he  was  sore  those  fringes  on  his  pants. 

His  patient  hands  would  kindly  set  the  Kodak  kids  aright; 

They  stole  his  job,  and  have  it  yet — he’s  dead  enough  all  right. 

They  got  his  goat,  that’s  all,  and  then  they  busted  up  his  show. 

Now  he  has  gone  where  honest  men  and  photo-graphers  go. 

But  when  the  harps  are  handed  out  (a  crown  upon  his  brow), 

Dear  John  will  smile  again  and  shout,  “Wish  ma  could  see  me  now.” 

Now  you  have  my  little  po-em,  in  the  which  I try  to  show-’em 
How  the  Kodak  people  throw-’em  in  the  discard  at  their  need; 

Just  a sil-lu  lit-tle  fic-tion,  that  does  not  induce  con-vic-tion, 

Is  in  fact,  a sad  in-flic-tion  on  the  read-er  who  must  read. 

But  dear  brother,  wait  a minute.  There’s  a cud  worth  chewing  in; 

We  have  got  to  “go  agin  it” — now  don’t  lay  this  on  the  shelf. 

If  your  business  is  worth  saving,  if  you’re  tired  of  daily  slaving, 

If  you  have  an  honest  craving  for  a profit  for  yourself. 

Cut  this  monkey  doodle  hurrah  over  wild  Chiaroscuro 
Of  the  Camera  Obscura,  and  the  soft  and  fuzzy  Phiz. 

Get  a line  on  stockhouse  dealers  and  the  corner  drugstore  peelers 
And  their  backers  and  their  heelers,  and  get  down  to  talking  biz. 


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By  President  Tyree:  I want  to  say  to  you  that  this  will  be  the  last 
time  probably  that  I will  ever  address  you  as  your  chairman ; and  I want  to 
thank  you  for  your  close  attention  and  close  application  to  your  duties. 
Even  the  first  of  the  week,  when  it  was  so  hot,  the  delegates  were  true  to 
their  obligations  and  attended  these  meetings.  While  I will  never  be  your 
chairman  again,  I certainly  do  hope  that  I will  be  a member  of  this  honor- 
able body  next  year,  and  shall  be  along  by  the  side  of  my  good  friends  Ben 
Larrimer,  Pop  Core,  George  Harris,  and  the  rest  of  these  P.  P.’s. 

By  Mr.  Larrimer  (of  Indiana):  Will  Towles,  Vice-President,  on 
behalf  of  the  members  of  this  Congress  of  Photography,  I move  you  that  we 
extend  to  our  President  a rising  vote  of  thanks  for  the  fair  and  impartial 
manner  in  which  he  has  conducted  these  meetings. 

(Rising  vote  of  thanks  extended  the  President  unanimously.) 

(And  thereupon,  there  being  no  further  business  to  come  before  Con- 
gress, it  stood  adjourned  sine  die.) 


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Summary  of  Treasurer 
for  1914 


Cash  on  hand,  January  1,  1913.  . . . 
Received  from  memberships  and  dues 
Received  from  sale  of  ladies’  pins.  . 
Received  from  advertising  in  Annual 
Received  from  sale  of  floor  space.  . . 
Received  from  interest  


. $4,379.00 
58.00 
. 1,420.00 
. 4,970.75 
. 120.00 


Received  from  sale  of  extra  copies  of 
Annual  


15.00 


Expenditures. 

Paid  out  on  vouchers  Nos.  1249  to  1372,  inclu- 
sive, as  per  Secretary’s  Report 

Cash  on  hand,  January  10,  1914 


s Report 


$5,461.75 


10,962.75 

$16,424.50 


$10,913.92 

5,510.58 

$16,424.50 

L.  A.  Dozer, 

Treasurer. 


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The  Women’s  Federation 


Report  of  the  Women’s  Federation 
of  the  P.  A.  of  A. 

Atlanta,  Ga.,  June  15  to  20,  1914 


On  the  call  of  the  President,  Miss  Pearl  Grace  Loehr,  of  New  York,  a 
meeting  of  the  Executive  Board  was  held  in  the  rest  room  of  the  Convention 
Hall,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  Wednesday,  June  17,  1914. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  at  10.30  a.  m. 

The  Committees  on  Nominations  and  Resolutions  were  appointed  as 
follows : 

Nominations. — Emme  Gerhard,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ; Mrs.  M.  E.  Gillam, 
Morgantown,  N.  C. ; Miss  G.  I.  Launey,  Savannah,  Ga. ; Miss  Harriet  Oonk, 
Cincinnati,  Ohio;  Miss  Adelaide  Mead,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Resolutions. — Mrs.  H.  F.  Bernhardt,  Spartanburg,  S.  C. ; Miss  Maude 
Goodlander,  Muncie,  Ind. ; Miss  Lotta  Mead,  Atlanta,  Ga. ; Mrs.  Bayard 
Wootten,  Newbern,  N.  C. ; Miss  Clara  Louise  Hagins,  Chicago,  111. 

The  meeting  adjourned  until  Friday,  June  19,  1914. 

On  Tuesday,  at  1.30,  the  visiting  ladies  were  entertained  by  automo- 
bile rides  to  Brookhaven  Club,  where  a luncheon  was  served.  Every  one 
was  delighted  with  this  entertainment,  which  was  given  with  the  compliments 
of  the  manufacturers,  dealers  and  local  photographers. 

On  Wednesday,  June  17th,  there  was  a great  barbecue  for  all  attend- 
ing the  convention.  This  entertainment  was  unique,  being  a southern  form 
of  amusement.  It  was  enjoyed  thoroughly  by  every  one. 

A big  feature  of  the  Women’s  Federation  was  the  engagement  of  Miss 
Kate  Cameron  Simmons,  of  New  York. 

Miss  Simmons  is  wonderfully  versed  in  the  principles  of  art,  and  her 
lectures  were  well  attended  and  most  instructive.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that 
owing  to  an  over-crowded  program  one  of  Miss  Simmons’  lectures  had  to  be 
omitted. 

The  P.  A.  of  A.  is  to  be  congratulated  on  the  wonderful  scope  they 
covered.  Every  possible  side  of  photography  was  taken  up  and  the  lectures 
placed  in  the  hands  of  the  best  talent. 

The  City  of  Atlanta  did  all  in  its  power  to  entertain  us,  and  the  com- 
mittees certainly  “knew  how.”  The  special  entertainment  and  ball  at  At- 
lanta Club  Roof  was  charming  in  every  way,  and  much  credit  is  due  the 
committee. 

For  the  accommodation  of  all,  the  Women’s  Federation  engaged  a 
famous  southern  cook  to  provide  luncheon  daily  at  Convention  Hall.  This 


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was  installed  on  a commission  basis.  Owing  to  the  several  luncheons  pro- 
vided by  the  Entertainment  Committee  the  returns  were  small,  but  we  feel 
the  accommodation  was  great,  and  we  are  glad  we  made  the  effort. 

We  feel  that  the  judging  of  the  prints  was  most  instructive  to  the  indi- 
vidual and  think  the  effect  will  be  the  improvement  of  future  exhibits. 

The  manufacturers’  exhibits  were  wonderfully  interesting  as  well  as  in- 
structive. On  the  whole  we  feel  that  the  convention  was  a decided  success 
and  we  congratulate  the  officers  of  the  P.  A.  of  A. 

Friday  afternoon  and  evening,  June  19th,  the  exhibition  of  photo- 
graphs was  open  to  the  public.  Invitations  having  been  sent  to  the  general 
public  by  the  local  committee  and  the  women’s  clubs  of  Atlanta  by  the 
Women’s  Federation. 

Prior  to  the  opening  of  the  convention,  the  Carnegie  Library  placed  on 
its  walls  a loan  exhibit  gathered  by  the  Women’s  Federation,  to  stimulate  in- 
terest in  the  national  convention. 

Friday,  June  19th,  there  was  a business  meeting  of  the  Women’s  Fed- 
eration. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  President,  Miss  Pearl  Grace 
Loehr,  of  New  York,  at  9.30  A.  M. 

Communications  were  read  from  Miss  Hallie  Elizabeth  Wilson,  chair- 
man of  Section  1 ; Miss  Belle  Johnson  and  from  our  past  President,  Miss 
Katherine  Jamieson,  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  expressing  the  deep  regret  they  felt 
at  being  unavoidably  absent  from  the  convention  this  year. 

The  Secretary-Treasurer,  Sara  F.  T.  Price,  of  Philadelphia,  then  read 
the  minutes  of  the  last  session  at  Kansas  City,  1913. 

Moved  by  Mary  Carncll  and  seconded  by  Mrs.  Ethel  Standiford  that 
minutes  be  accepted  as  read. 

The  President  then  called  for  the  report  of  the  various  officers  for 
1914. 

From  the  offices  of  the  President,  Yrice-President,  Secretary-Treasurer 
and  several  section  chairmen,  the  reports  were  read  and  accepted,  being 
chiefly  the  financial  reports. 

UNFINISHED  BUSINESS. 

At  the  meeting  in  1913,  a motion  was  put  that  a clause  be  inserted  in 
the  By-Laws  covering  life  and  honorary  membership  in  the  Women’s  Fed- 
eration, and  this  motion  was  seconded  by  Miss  Carlstead.  Under  Article  7 
of  the  Constitution  this  motion  was  laid  on  the  table  until  the  business 
meeting,  1914. 

On  motion  of  Mary  Carncll,  of  Pennsylvania,  seconded  by  Pearl  Talia- 
ferro, of  Mississippi,  that  a committee  be  appointed  by  the  President  to  con- 
sider the  matter  of  changing  the  By-Laws  to  conform  to  any  change  that 
might  come  up  in  the  national  platform. 


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The  President  appointed  the  following  committee: 

Mary  Carnell,  Philadelphia,  Pa,;  Katherine  Jamieson,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.; 
Bayard  Wootten,  Newbern,  N.  C. 

Mrs.  Elliott,  of  Texas,  moved  that  proposed  change  be  submitted  to 
the  Board.  Mrs.  Gillam,  of  South  Carolina,  seconded  this  motion. 

On  motion  of  Mary  Carnell,  seconded  by  Mrs.  Elliott,  the  changing  of 
the  By-Lawrs  was  laid  upon  the  table  to  be  taken  up  at  the  Board  meeting, 
1915.  Carried. 

The  report  of  the  Nominating  Committee  was  then  read  by  the  chair- 
man, Emme  Gerhard. 

For  President,  Maybelle  D.  Goodlandcr,  Muncie,  Ind. 

First  Vice-President,  Clara  Louise  Hagins,  Chicago,  111. 

Second  Vice-President,  Sara  F.  T.  Price,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Secretary-Treasurer,  Bayard  Wootten,  Newbern,  N.  C. 

There  being  no  nominations  from  the  floor  they  were  unanimously 
elected. 

Report  of  the  Committee  on  Resolutions  was  then  read  by  the  chair- 
man, Clara  Louise  Hagins,  Chicago,  111. 

RESOLUTIONS  ADOPTED  BY  COMMITTEE  ON  RESOLUTIONS 
WOMEN’S  FEDERATION,  P.  A.  of  A. 

Atlanta,  Ga.,  June  19,  1914. 

First.  That  be  it  hereby  Resolved,  That  we  of  the  Women’s  Federa- 
tion, P.  A.  of  A.,  desire  to  express  our  thanks  and  appreciation  to  the  Glenn 
Photo  Stock  Company,  the  Southern  Photo  Material  Company,  the  Eastman 
Kodak  Company,  all  local  manufacturers  and  organizations  and  the  photo- 
graphic press  for  their  many  provisions  for  our  entertainment  during  our 
stay  in  Atlanta,  also  Harry  Fell  for  making  it  possible  for  all  to  enjoy 
the  grand  organ  recital. 

Second.  That  we  of  the  Women’s  Federation  of  the  P.  A.  of  A.  do 
most  gratefully  acknowledge  the  cordial  support  and  generous  ci’edit  ex- 
tended to  us  by  the  Executive  Board  of  the  P.  A.  of  A. 

Third.  That  we  of  the  Women’s  Federation  of  the  P.  A.  of  A.  desire 
to  express  our  deep  regret  that  the  illness  of  “Papa”  Cramer  prevented  him 
from  being  with  us,  and  that  one  of  our  most  loyal  workers,  Miss  Blanche 
Reineke,  could  not  be  in  attendance. 

Fourth.  That  we  of  the  Women’s  Federation  of  the  P.  A.  of  A.  wish 
to  voice  our  sincere  appreciation  of  the  delightful  welcome  and  hospitality 
extended  to  us  by  the  Misses  Mead,  of  Atlanta,  the  women  of  Atlanta  and 
the  local  entertainment  committee. 

Fifth.  That  we  of  the  Women’s  Federation  of  the  P.  A.  of  A.  have  a 
deep  sense  of  regret  that  our  former  President,  Miss  Katherine  Jamieson, 
could  not  be  with  us  and  wish  to  thank  her  for  her  most  generous  gift. 


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Sixth.  That  we  of  the  Women’s  Federation  of  the  P.  A.  of  A.  do 
hereby  express  our  appreciation  of  the  wise  and  untiring  work  of  our  officers 
and  the  chairmen  of  sections  during  their  term  of  office. 

Nana  Bernhardt,  Spartanburg,  S.  C. 

Lotta  Mead,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Maude  Goodlander,  Muncie,  Ind. 

Bayard  Wootten,  Newbern,  N.  C. 

Clara  Louise  Hagins,  Chicago,  111. 

Committee. 

A short  discussion  of  the  Circle  and  its  benefits  was  brought  up.  The 


Treasurer’s  report  was  then  read. 

Balance  in  the  treasury  from  January,  1914 $32.70 

(This  includes  dues  from  seven  members  for  1914,  $7.00.) 

Other  membership  dues,  1914 110.00 

Exchanges  on  checks  .30 

Received  from  P.  A.  of  A.  toward  expenses  (on  account) 150.00 

Restaurant  receipts  (commission)  18.01 

Received  from  Miss  Katherine  Jamieson,  Past  President,  toward 

expenses  10.00 


Total  receipts  $321.01 

Amount  paid  out 208.68 


Balance  on  hand $112.33 

Bills  Paid  to  July  10,  1914. 


Miss  Pearl  Grace  Loehr,  President,  for  office  expenses  during  the 

year  $100.00 


To  printer  for  stationery  sent  to  officers 74.93 

Extra  for  stationery  sent  to  officers 2.50 

Printing  and  500  postal  cards 7.25 

Miss  Marbourg,  of  New  York,  for  newspaper  write-up 10.00 

Printer  in  Atlanta  for  checks,  placards,  etc.,  for  restaurant 6.50 

To  cashier  for  restaurant  7.50 


$208.68 

A full  financial  report  will  be  sent  to  the  members  of  the  Women’s  Fed- 
eration later  on,  owing  to  several  Section  Chairmen  failing  to  send  in  their 
expense  account. 

This  report  was  accepted  and  the  meeting  adjourned  until  1915  at 
Indianapolis,  Ind. 

(Signed)  Pearl  Grace  Loehr,  President. 
Attest  : Sara  F.  T.  Price,  Secretary-Treasurer. 


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The  Members 


Past  Presidents 
of 

The  Photographers’  Association 
of  America 


Convention 

Year 

President 

Address 

Chicago,  III. 

1880 

#J.  F.  RYDER, 

Cleveland,  Ohio 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

1881 

‘JOHN  CARBUTT, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Indianapolis,  Ind. 

1882 

JOSHUA  SMITH, 

South  Haven,  Mich. 

Milwaukee,  Wis. 

1883 

J.  E.  BEEBE, 

Denver,  Colo, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio 

1884 

*J.  H.  KENT, 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

1885 

‘JAMES  LANDY, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

1886 

W.  H.  POTTER, 

Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Chicago,  III. 

1887 

*G.  CRAMER, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Minneapolis,  Minn. 

1888 

*E.  DECKER, 

Cleveland,  Ohio 

Boston,  Mass. 

1889 

*M.  MacMICHAEL, 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Washington,  D.  C. 

1890 

J.  M.  APPLETON, 

Dayton,  Ohio 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

1891 

GEO.  H.  HASTINGS, 

Haverhill,  Mass. 

No  Convention 

1892 

*W.  G.  ENTREKIN, 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Chicago,  III. 

1893 

FRANCIS  A.  PLACE, 

Boston,  Mass. 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

1894 

ADAM  HEIM  BERGER, 

New  Albany,  Ind. 

Detroit,  Mich. 

1895 

JOHN  S.  SCHNEIDER, 

Columbus,  Ohio 

Celoron,  N.  Y. 

1896 

*R.  P.  BELLSMITH, 

Cincinnati,  Ohio 

Celoron,  N.  Y. 

1897 

C.  M.  HAYES, 

Detroit,  Mich. 

Celoron,  N.  Y. 

1898 

J.  WILL  KELLMER, 

Hazleton,  Pa. 

Celoron,  N.  Y. 

1899 

*F.  W.  GUERIN, 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Milwaukee,  Wis. 

1900 

S.  L.  STEIN, 

Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Detroit,  Mich. 

1901 

E.  B.  CORE, 

New  York,  N.  Y. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

1902 

GEO.  M.  EDMONDSON, 

Cleveland,  Ohio 

Indianapolis,  Ind. 

1903 

J.  GEO.  NUSSBAUMER, 

Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

St.  Louis,  Mo. 

1904 

C.  R.  REEVES, 

Anderson,  Ind. 

Boston,  Mass. 

1905 

GEO.  G.  HOLLOWAY, 

Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y. 

1906 

CHAS.  W.  HEARN, 

Boston,  Mass. 

Dayton,  Ohio 

1907 

C.  J.  VAN  DEVENTER, 

Decatur,  111. 

Detroit,  Mich. 

1908 

FRANK  W.  MEDLAR, 

Spencer,  Iowa 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 

1909 

FRANK  R.  BARROWS, 

Boston,  Mass. 

Milwaukee,  Wis. 

1910 

A.  T.  PROCTOR, 

Huntington,  W.  Va. 

St.  Paul,  Minn. 

1911 

GEORGE  W.  HARRIS 

Washington,  D.  C. 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

1912 

BEN  LARRIMER, 

Marion,  Ind. 

Kansas  City,  Mo. 

1913 

CHAS.  F.  TOWNSEND, 

Des  Moines,  Iowa 

President 

Atlanta,  Ga.  1914  MANLY  W.  TYREE,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 


* Deceased. 


By  an  act  of  the  Convention,  at  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  1903,  and  the  revised  Constitution 
of  1909-1912,  all  presidents  were  made  life  members  of  this  Association. 


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The  Membership 


Honorary  Members 


Sir  Wm.  de  W.  Abney,  London,  Eng. 
R.  Diihrkoop,  Berlin,  Germany. 

Prof.  A.  H.  Griffiths,  Detroit,  Mich. 


Elbert  Hubbard,  East  Aurora,  N.  Y. 
Gov.  Eberhart,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

F.  F.  Perez,  Mexico. 


Life  Members 


Appleton,  J.  M.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Barrows,  Frank  R.,  49  High  St.,  Medford,  Mass. 
Core,  E.  B.,  74  Landscape  Ave.,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. 
Edmondson,  G.  M.,  Euclid  Ave.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
Harris,  G.  W„  1311  F St.,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Hastings,  Geo.  H.,  Newtonville,  Mass. 

Hayes,  C.  M.,  246  Woodward  Ave.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Hearn,  C.  W„  374  Boylston  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Heimburger,  A.,  New  Albany,  Ind. 

Holloway,  Geo.  G.,  Terre  Haute,  Ind. 

Van  Deventer, 


Kellmer,  J.  W.,  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Larrimer,  Ben,  Marion,  Ind. 

Medlar,  Frank  W.,  Spencer,  Iowa 

Nussbaumer,  J.  Geo.,  500  Main  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

Potter,  W.  H.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Proctor,  A.  T.,  Huntington,  W.  Va. 

Reeves,  C.  R.,  119  S.  Burdick  St.,  Anderson,  Ind. 
Schneider,  J.  S.,  Baker  Gallery,  Columbus,  Ohio 
Stein,  S.  L.,  126  Wisconsin  St.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Townsend,  Chas.  F.,  Des  Moines,  Iowa 
'.  J.,  Decatur,  111. 


Honorary  Life  Members 

Pirie  MacDonald,  New  York  City  J.  Ed.  Rosch,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

B.  J.  Falk,  New  York  City  Andy  Rosch,  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 

G.  Hanmer  Croughton,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 


Active  Members 


This  list  of  names  represents  members  of  the  P.  A.  of  A.  who  are  in  good  standing  as  this 
annual  goes  to  press. 

Many  there  are  who  are  in  arrears  for  1913  and  1914,  and  who  are  allowed  reinstatement  upon 
payment  of  these  dues. 

*The  star  appearing  before  names  in  this  list  is  considered  an  Honorary  Mark.  It  indicates 
that  such  persons  have  paid  their  dues  regularly  for  five  or  more  years. 

**  A double  star  signifies  that  the  dues  have  been  paid  regularly  for  ten  or  more  years. 


**Abbott,  F.  E.,  547  E.  Main  St.,  Little  Falls,  N.  Y. 
Abbott,  W.  R.,  Opelika,  Okla. 

‘Aitken,  J.  T.,  78  Pike  St.,  Port  Jervis,  N.  Y. 
Alderman,  S.  L.,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 

Alexander,  J.  E.,  Salsbury,  N.  C. 

Alexander,  Kenneth,  917  Seneca  St.,  Seattle,  Wash. 
Allen,  G.  J.,  Winder,  Ga. 

Allen,  Miss  Katie,  Wheatland,  Wyo. 

Allred,  Jno.,  Jr.,  Toccoa,  Ga. 

Anderson,  Geo.  H.,  428  5th  Ave.  No.,  Nashville, 
Tenn. 

Anderson,  John,  Mankato  Studio,  Mankato,  Minn. 
Anderson,  R.  E.,  Thomasville,  Ala. 

‘Arthur,  J.  L.,  209  Main  St.,  Streator,  111. 

‘Askren,  I.  M.,  Casey,  Iowa 
“Atkins,  E.  M.,  1948  N.  Clark  St.,  Chicago,  111. 
Austin,  W.  B.,  Charleston,  S.  C. 


‘Aune,  S.,  Estrella  Ave.  and  23d  St.,  Los  Angeles, 
Cal. 

Bacon,  Frank  T.,  1030  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

Baker,  W.  H.,  Washington,  N.  C. 

Barnes,  P.  B.,  Union,  S.  C. 

‘Bass,  W.  H.,  308-310  S.  New  Jersey  Ave.,  Indian- 
apolis, Ind. 

‘Beach,  Howard  D.,  469  Virginia  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

“Beals,  W.  L„  Middleboro,  Mass. 

Bedow,  Arthur  P.,  1707  Bienville  Ave.,  New  Or- 
leans, La. 

Bell,  H.  Lee,  14J4  Palafox  St.,  Pensacola,  Fla. 

Bell,  Miss  Zelda  M.,  Girard,  Kans. 

‘Bellinger,  Harry,  Mt.  Pleasant,  Mich. 

‘Bellinger,  J.  A.,  Lakefield,  Minn. 

“Benjamin,  I.,  130  4th  St.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 


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Active  Members  of  the  Photographers’  Association  of  America 


’’Benke,  H.  C.,  1305  Washington  St.,  Manitowoc, Wis. 
Bernhardt,  H.,  Spartanburg,  S.  C. 

Berry,  John  F.,  care  Berkley  Studio,  Stanton,  Va. 
’’Bill,  Frank  R.,  746  Euclid  Ave.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
’Bill,  J.  A.,  130  W.  4th  St.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 
’’Billings,  E.  T.,  501  Monument  Sq.,  Racine,  Wis. 
’’Bissell,  L.  H.,  Effingham,  111. 

Blackburn,  V.,  Valdosta,  Ga. 

Blair,  L.  W.,  Merritt,  Fla. 

Blanchard,  W.  L.,  Columbia,  S.  C. 

Biasing,  Bert  L.,  1230  16th  St.,  Denver,  Colo. 

’Blum,  Eduard,  32  S.  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 
Bock,  Leo  H.,  Lyndbrook,  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 
Boeger,  C.  J.,  707  Kansas  Ave.,  Topeka,  Kans. 
Bolsius,  E.  H.,  15  Vendbie  St.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Booth,  Fred.,  181  George  St.,  Toronto,  Ont.,  Can. 
Boozer,  Virgil  R.,  Lake  City,  Fla. 

Bordeaux,  D.  J.,  486  Main  St.,  Springfield,  Mass. 
Borry,  J.,  Thief  River  Falls,  Minn. 

’’Bowles,  Mrs.  E.  A.,  123  Biddle  Ave.  No.,  Wyan- 
dotte, Mich. 

Bowles,  W.  R.,  Hopkinsville,  Ky. 

Boy,  S.  A.,  Bristol,  Tenn. 

Boyd,  F.  L.,  Hutsonville,  111. 

Boyle,  Frank  A.,  Mobile,  Ala. 

Boyles,  W.  H.,  Jr.,  711  S.  Gas  St.,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 
Bradley,  Eugene  A.,  Georgetown,  Ky. 

Bradley,  Miss  Katherine  Stout,  Georgetown,  Ky. 
“Brakebill,  Jas.  H.,  522  Gay  St.,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 
Breckon,  W.  O.,  Forbes  and  Atwood  Sts.,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. 

’’Bretzman,  Chas.  F.,  22K  N.  Pennsylvania  St.,  In- 
dianapolis, Ind. 

Bridwell,  Arthur,  Baldwin,  Kans. 

Brock,  N.  A.,  Asheville,  N.  C. 

Brown,  Ernest  W.,  422J4  S.  4th  Ave.,  Louisville, 
Ky. 

Brooks,  W.  E.,  127  N.  Bell  St.,  Shawnee,  Okla. 
’“Brown,  C.  H.,  323  S.  12th  St.,  San  Jose,  Cal. 
Brown,  Fred.  A.,  858  Purchase  St.,  New  Bedford, 
Mass. 

Browne,  Clarence  I.,  1218  Elm  St.,  Dallas,  Texas 
Buck,  G.  V.,  1113  F St.,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
“Buckley,  L.  J.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

Buehman,  A.  R.,  Tucson,  Ariz. 

Bunker,  Ada,  Butler,  Ind. 

Burke,  J.  W.,  Manchester,  Ga. 

Burnitt,  John  T.,  Selma,  Ala. 

Butler,  Mrs.  W.  E.,  Bismark,  N.  D. 

’Buxbaum,  I.,  1031  Broadway,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Caldwell,  C.  A.,  Wetmore,  Kans. 

’’Call,  W.  R.,  913  Elm  St.,  Manchester,  N.  H. 
Campbell,  J.  C.,  Honeapath,  S.  C. 

Cargille,  C.  E.,  Johnson  City,  Tenn. 

’’Carl,  R.  E.,  7th  and  Vine,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 
’Carlson,  A.,  Eveleth,  Minn. 

’’Carnell,  Mary,  3731  Spruce  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Carnes,  E.  M.,  Monroe,  Ga. 

Carr,  June  H.,  Gaffney,  S.  C. 

Cawthon,  T.  Hope,  Florala,  Ala. 

Cayce,  Edgar,  Selma,  Ala. 

Chambers,  W.  J.,  Montgomery,  Ala. 

“Clark,  Frank  Scott,  654  Woodward  Ave.,  Detroit 


Clarke,  W.  D.,  301  King  St.,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
’’Clarke,  L.  F.,  Aylmer  West,  Ontario,  Canada 

Claus,  George,  100-102  Grand  Ave.,  Eau  Claire,  Wis. 
Clifton,  A.  V.,  30’/2  Whitehall  St.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Clinkenbeard,  W.  H.,  Aberdeen,  Wash. 

Coble,  W.  M„  Kingston,  N.  C. 

’’Cole,  O.  W.,  317  Main  St.,  Danville,  Va. 

Coleman,  Herbert,  Montgomery,  Ala. 

’Coller,  J.  Lester,  Tecumseh,  Mich. 

’’Collins,  Joel,  Oberlin,  Ohio 

Cones,  J.  W.,  San  Antonio,  Texas 
’’Conklin,  Mrs.  C.,  46  Union  St.,  Newark,  N.  J. 

Cooke,  L.  C.,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

’’Coovert,  J.  C.,  67  N.  Main  St.,  Memphis,  Tenn. 
Corbitt,  E.  F.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Corbitt,  J.  C.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Coursen,  W.  L.,  Daytonia,  Fla. 

’’Courtright,  O.  C„  Des  Moines,  Iowa 
Cross,  W.  L.,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

’Crow,  F.  W.,  Maryville,  Mo. 

Crowell,  Bert,  Rochester,  Minn. 

Cummings,  Geo.  W.,  Andalusia,  Ala. 

Cummins,  A.  A.,  St.  Augustine,  Fla. 

Cusick,  J.  L.,  415  S.  4th  Ave.,  Louisville,  Ky. 
Cutler,  George  II.,  5th  and  Johnson  Sts.,  Winona, 
Minn. 

Dahlgren,  R.  E.,  Winter  Haven,  Fla. 

Dalton,  II.  A.,  Montrie,  Ga. 

Daniel,  A.  F.,  Jackson,  Miss. 

Death,  Harry,  Covington,  Ga., 

’De  Groat,  A.  B.,  Advocate  Block,  Bath,  N.  Y. 
Deibert,  W.  1L,  West  Superior  St.,  Munising, 
Mich. 

Denning,  Miss  May,  414  Wyatt  St.,  Chattanooga, 
Tenn. 

Dishinger,  C.  W.,  Mobile,  Ala. 

Dillon,  Jas.  L.,  1017  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Dixon,  G.  H.,  Liberal,  Mo. 

Doln,  M.  J.,  May  Cross,  Ga. 

’Donaldson,  C.  A.,  Wahpeton,  N.  D. 

Donaldson,  Mrs.  C.  A.,  Wahpeton,  N.  D. 

Donnelly,  W.  F.,  1062-1064  Chapel  St.,  New  Haven, 
Conn. 

Doss,  J.  H.,  Winfield,  Ala. 

’“Doty,  E.  E.,  42  N.  Washington  Ave.,  Battle  Creek, 
Mich. 

’’Dozer,  L.  A.,  Bucyrus,  Ohio 
Drace,  C.  W.,  Greer,  S.  C. 

Dunnington,  W.  W.,  Weston,  W.  Va. 

Durham,  R.  L.,  Depot  St.,  Latrobe,  Pa. 

’Dworshak,  Lewis,  105  W.  Superior  St.,  Duluth, 
Minn. 

Dyal,  Will,  Main  St.,  Mt.  Pleasant,  Iowa 
Earp,  A.  J.,  Winchester,  Ky. 

Easter,  Frank,  Eskridge,  Kans. 

Eblen,  Newton  C.,  119  Peachtree  St.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Edmonston,  D.  B.,  1407  F St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Eddy,  R.  W.,  Catlettsburg,  Ky. 

Edwards,  Chas.  H.,  25  Laura  St.,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 
Edwards,  R.  H.,  Shawnee,  Okla. 

Eitner,  Karl,  107  S.  16th  St.,  Omaha,  Neb. 

Eklund,  H.  C.,  Central  Ave.,  Great  Falls,  Mont. 
Elbrick,  Win.  F„  210  5th  Ave.  No.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 


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**Elliott,  Martyn,  Austin,  Texas 
* Elliott,  Mrs.  Martyn,  Austin,  Texas 
*Ellis,  William  Shewell,  1628  Chestnut  St.,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

**Esson,  Jas.,  Preston,  Ontario,  Canada 
Fawkner,  Frederick  P.,  Cairo,  111. 

**Feldman,  Fred  J.,  El  Paso,  Texas 
Fields,  J.  H.,  Fayetteville,  Ark. 

Finn,  A.  J.,  Jefferson,  Iowa 
**Fisher,  G.,  10-12  Kenmore  St.,  New  York  City 
Flora,  J.  G.,  Bessemer,  Ala. 

*Foltz,  Geo.  R.,  116  Bull  St.,  Savannah,  Ga. 
Foreman,  Mrs.  S.  O.,  Ashburn,  Ga. 

Foust,  O.  V.,  Wilson,  N.  C. 

Fowler,  O.  V.,  Carrollton,  Ga. 

Fowler,  S.  L.,  Newman,  Ga. 

*Franklin,  Alton  W.,  1 W.  5th,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 
**Frey,  Carl  K.,  11  Broad  St.,  Utica,  N.  Y. 

Fromm,  Richard,  Trinidad,  Colo. 

Gable,  Robert  B.,  Altoona,  Pa. 

Gallagher,  C.  D.,  Ely,  Nev. 

*Galbraith,  C.  H.,  1231  Washington  Ave.  N.,  Minne- 
apolis, Minn. 

**Gallichan,  Ii.  W.,  Gravenhurst,  Ontario,  Canada 
Gardner,  C.  Smith,  De  Land,  Fla. 

Gardner,  Jared,  Rockland,  Mass. 

Gardner,  Miss  W.  A.,  Aliceville,  Ala. 

Geiger,  C.  C.,  Boaz,  Ala. 

*Georg,  Victor,  The  Blackstone,  Chicago,  111. 
*Gerhard,  Emme,  Olive  St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

*Gerhard,  Mamie,  Olive  St.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Gibbons,  J.  H.,  24  N.  Main  St.,  Chambersburg,  Fa. 
Gidwell,  C.  W.,  30  }4  Whitehall  St.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Giffin,  J.  E.,  Wheeling,  W.  Va. 

**Gilbert,  C.  H.,  Independence,  Iowa 
Gillam,  M.  E.,  Morganton,  N.  C. 

Glines,  J.  L.,  Ironton,  Ohio 
#Gloege,  E.  H.,  Monroe,  Wis. 

**Goldensky,  Elias,  1705  Chestnut,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
**Golling,  Ben.  C.,  Ryan  Bldg.,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
*Goodlander,  Maud,  Muncie,  Ind. 

*Goodlander,  Maybelle,  Muncie,  Ind. 

Gray,  SanTl  R.,  Main  and  Coulter  Sts.,  German- 
town, Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Grebe,  Arthur  E.,  Scottsbluff,  Neb. 

Greene,  William  P.,  Muskogee,  Okla. 

Gribble,  J.  R.,  Rockmart,  Ga. 

Grogg,  W.  B.,  Lumberton,  N.  C. 

Hafer,  W.  F.,  Augusta,  Ga. 

Hagins,  Clara  L.,  N.  W.  cor.  State  and  Madison, 
Chicago,  111. 

Haller,  L.,  Tampa,  Fla. 

**Halliday,  Waller,  Durham,  N.  C. 

*Hamel,  J.,  939  Elm  St.,  Manchester,  N.  H. 

Hames,  W.  E.,  Cliffside,  N.  C. 

Hammond,  J.  A.,  Hammond  Studio,  Meridian,  Miss. 
**Hanson,  G.  M.,  Albert  Lea,  Minn. 

Hanson,  H.  O.,  Story  City,  Iowa 
^Harden,  Homer  T.,  Wichita,  Kans. 

**Harris,  Jas.  H.,  Little  Rock,  Ark. 

Hatcher,  Thurston,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Harvey,  H.  J.,  204  Camp  St.,  New  Orleans,  La. 
*Harwood,  Eb.,  Appleton,  Wis. 


Hays,  F.  S.,  Abbeville,  S.  C. 

Hearn,  R.  E.,  614  Cherry  St.,  Macon,  Ga. 

Heath,  R.  A.,  Pontiac,  111. 

Heebner,  J.  W.,  Lansdale,  Pa. 

Heim,  W.  H.,  342  Pine  St.,  Williamsport,  Pa. 
**IIeinemann,  A.,  5049  S.  Ashland  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 
**Hemp,  Z.  W.,  Eaton,  Ohio 

Henley,  D.  B.,  134^4  Front  St.,  Hattiesburg,  Miss. 
Hesse,  H.,  628  3d  Ave.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

Hicks,  Carrie  B.,  26  New  St.,  Ansonia,  Conn. 
Higgason  & Pelton,  Asheville,  N.  C. 

Hillhouse,  J.  N.,  Vicksburg,  Miss. 

Hinke,  C.  H.,  513^4  Franklin  St.,  Tampa,  Fla. 
Hirshberg,  Wesley,  34  J4  Whitehall  St.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Hitchler,  A.  H.,  149  Baronne  St.,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Hoffman,  Jno.  I.,  General  Secretary,  care  Chamber 
of  Commerce,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Iloffmeister,  H.  E.  Columbus,  Miss. 

**Holgerson,  P.,  2348  W.  North  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 
Holland,  H.  S.,  29 7 King  St.,  Charleston,  S.  C. 
Holley,  M.  A.,  Coal  City,  Ala. 

Holmboe,  F.,  4th  St.,  Bismark,  N.  D. 

Holmes,  J.  R.,  Louisville,  Miss. 

*Holsinger,  R.  W.,  Charlottesville,  Va. 

Homeier,  A.  H.,  Homeier  & Clark,  Richmond,  Va. 
Hope,  J.  L.,  Lenoir  City,  Tenn. 

Hopson,  S.  J.,  Burlington  Jc.,  Mo. 

*Hornbaker,  F.  W.,  Washington  Ave.,  Scranton,  Pa. 
Horton,  J.  A.,  Las  Cruces,  N.  M. 

^Hostetler,  J.  B.,  210  Brady  St.,  Davenport,  Iowa 
*Hostetler,  Roger  H.,  Ottawa,  111. 

Howard,  F.  B.,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 

Howard,  L.  A.,  Clarksville,  Tenn. 

Howe,  E.  N.,  Sylvester,  Ga. 

**Hoyt,  Dudley,  753  5th  Ave.,  N.  Y. 

Hubert,  Celia  A.,  324  W.  Ferry  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Hubner,  G.  A.,  1030  Nicollette  Ave.,  Minneapolis, 
Minn. 

Hurd,  E.  O.,  Forsythe,  Ga. 

**Hunt,  Chas.  E.,  North  Tonawanda,  N.  Y. 

Hunt,  F.  W.,  Ft.  Myers,  Fla. 

*Hunt,  P.  S.,  Valdez,  Alaska 
Husband,  J.  S.,  care  Camp  Art  Co.,  Jamestown, 
N.  Y.  * 

*Hyneman,  R.  W.,  Eden  Valley,  Minn. 

Immke,  H.  W.,  Princeton,  111. 

Ingalls,  F.  H.,  818  S.  Adams  St.,  Spokane,  Wash. 
**Jacobson,  S.  E.,  23  Frederick  St.,  Port  of  Spain, 
Trinidad,  B.  W.  I. 

**Jamieson,  Katherine,  242  S.  Highland  Ave.,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. 

Jenkins,  G.  D.,  Big  Stone  Gap,  Va. 

^Johannes,  Bernhard  P.,  2624  Lisbon  Ave.,  Milwau- 
kee, Wis. 

**Johnson,  Belle,  Monroe  City,  Mo. 

**Johnson,  C.  W.,  Danville,  Pa. 

Johnson,  P.  E.,  care  McMann  & Johnson,  Pensa- 
cola, Fla. 

Johnston,  R.  W.,  241  5th  Ave.,  Pittsburgh,  P'a. 
Judd,  A.  W.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Judd,  S.  W.,  Huntsville,  Ala. 

Jukes,  M.  F.,  Elko,  Nev. 

Jungerman,  E.,  Columbus,  Ga. 


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“Kalt,  A.  C.,  984  Broadway,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Keller,  Robert  R.,  Fayetteville,  W.  Va. 

Kelley,  M.  F.,  Griffin,  Ga. 

Kelly,  Miss  L.  F.,  Box  63,  Blackville,  S.  C. 
‘Kendall,  John  B.,  Titusville,  Pa. 

‘Kennedy,  Rob.  B.,  23  Wyndham  St.,  Guelph,  On- 
tario, Canada 

Kern,  J.  A.,  Crawford,  Neb. 

‘King,  Warren  C.,  396  Congress  St.,  Portland,  Me. 
Kirby,  W.  B.,  St.  Petersburg,  Fla. 

“Knaffl,  Joe,  Gay  St.,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Knowles,  R.  A.,  81554  Market  St.,  Chattanooga, 
Tenn. 

Koch,  H.  E.,  La  Porte,  Ind. 

“Koehne,  W.  L.,  Bush  Temple  ox  Music,  Chicago,  111. 

Kohler,  Robert,  278  W.  Water  St.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
“Krueger,  Herman,  23  Wealthy  Ave.  S.  W.,  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich. 

‘Kuhnert,  C.  A.,  Wilmerding,  Pa. 

Kuhns,  W.  T.,  3354  Whitehall  St.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Laudrum,  G.  W.,  Court  St.,  Florence,  Ala. 

Launey,  Garnett  I.,  554  York  St.  E.,  Savannah,  Ga. 
‘Leatherdale,  T.  J.,  350  Yonge  St.,  Toronto,  Can. 
Leavitt,  A.  E.,  Harriman,  Tenn. 

‘Lee,  Peder,  25-27  West  5th,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 
“Leister,  J.  R.,  243  Market  St.,  Kittanning,  Pa. 
Lenney,  W.  E.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

‘Lerski,  Helmar,  1601  State  St.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
‘Lieberherr,  Fred.,  130  N.  8th  St.,  Quincy,  111. 
“Lifshey,  S.  H„  1281  Bedford  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Littleton,  W.  H.,  2 Boyce  Block,  Muncie,  Ind. 
Lively,  L.  A.,  Murfreesboro,  Tenn. 

Lively,  Owen,  2 3 54  Whitehall,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Lively,  Miss  Ruth,  2 3 54  Whitehall,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
“Lively,  W.  S.,  McMinnville,  Tenn. 

“Lloyd,  Al.,  44  3d  St.,  Troy,  N.  Y. 

‘Loehr,  Pearl  Grace,  3 9 54  Washington  Sq.,  New  York 
City 

Lomax,  Alfa,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

“Loomis,  F.  A.,  Emporia,  Kans. 

Lovins,  Miss  Eva  B.,  Gadsden,  Ala. 

Lynch,  Mrs.  Myrtle  A.,  Telluride,  Colo. 

McCaa,  Wm.  G.,  Ill  W.  4th  St.,  South  Bethlehem, 
Pa. 

McCallum,  Jno.  B.,  Columbus,  Ga. 

McCollum,  R.  C.,  Dawson,  Ga. 

McCorkle,  C.  C.,  Newton,  111. 

McCreary,  Willis,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

McDaniel,  J.  W.,  Covington,  Tenn. 

McDannell,  C.  F.,  220  Courtland,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
McElfish,  G.  W.,  Frostburg,  Md. 

McGee,  M.  L.,  McRae,  Georgia. 

“McKee,  Mrs.  E.  H.  W.,  Homewood  Ave.  and  Ben- 
nett, Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

McKinstry,  G.  P.,  5 1 3 54  Jackson  St.,  Americus,  Ga. 
Mader,  Chas.  H.,  Greenville,  Ala. 

Mann,  Paul,  Mann  Studio,  Birmingham,  Ala. 
Maplestone,  Esse  E.,  754  S.  Horman  St.,  Hammond, 
Ind. 

Marable,  E.  H.,  Columbus,  Ga. 

“Marceau,  T.  C.,  258  5th  Ave.,  New  York  City 
Marchant,  F.,  Hamlet,  N.  C. 

Marks,  E.,  Clinton,  Mo. 


Marston,  E.  F.,  82  N.  Pryor  St.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Mason,  H.  M.,  Talldega,  Ala. 

Mason,  O.  C„  210  W.  80th  St.,  New  York  City 
Mathews,  B.  V.,  Concord,  N.  C. 

Maurer,  Jos.  M.,  418  Tremont  St.,  Galveston,  Texas 
Mead,  Adelaide,  56  E.  Ellis,  Altanta,  Ga. 

Mead,  Lotta,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

“Medlar,  Herbert  B.,  Woodstock,  111. 

‘Meiser,  Bessie  L.,  Ill  N.  9th  St.,  Richmond,  Ind. 
“Mertens,  W.  J.,  409  Yonge  St.,  Toronto  Ontario, 
Canada 

Miller,  A.  A.,  139  N.  West  Center,  Goldsboro,  N.  C. 
‘Miller,  Mary  W.,  917  N.  Sheridan  Road,  Wau- 
kegan, 111. 

Milner,  J.  S.,  Macon,  Ga. 

Moller,  A.  W.,  Broad  St.,  Thomasville,  Ga. 
“Moore,  B.  Frank,  Lennox  Bldg.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
Moore,  R.  A.,  Jackson,  Tenn. 

Morden,  J.  Russell,  Greensburg,  Pa. 

“Morris,  H.  H.,  2119  Post  Office  St.,  Galveston, 
Texas 

Morris,  Paul,  Greenwood,  S.  C. 

“Morrison,  Wm.  M.,  54  E.  Division  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Morton,  H.  T.,  1922  3d  Ave.,  Birmingham,  Ala. 
“Moyemont,  S.,  La  Junta,  Colo. 

“Murphy,  Will  R.,  5th  St.,  Newton,  Kans. 

Murray,  J.  E.,  Marietta,  Ga. 

Neck,  R.  E.,  P'alatka,  Fla. 

Nelson,  Albert  S.,  Glenwood,  Minn. 

‘Nelson,  H.  G.,  Iloquiam,  Washington 
‘Newman,  Almeron,  Raton,  N.  M. 

Nichols,  J.  H.,  Shelbyville,  Mo. 

Norton,  Clifford,  8221  Cedar  Ave.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
Novark,  Frank,  Kedzie  Ave.  and  22d  St.,  Chicago 
Nuglamb,  J.  B„  Natchez,  Miss. 

“Oliver,  W.  F.,  16  Elm  St.,  Baldwinsville,  Mass. 
Oonk,  Miss  Harriett,  1212  E.  McMillan,  Walnut 
Hills,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 
Orebaugh,  C.  E.,  Middlesborough,  Ky. 

Orr,  J.  H.,  2 1 654  N.  Main,  Greenville,  S.  C. 
Overbey,  E.  P.,  Mobile,  Ala. 

Overhall,  O.  E.,  S.  Maple  St.,  Lebanon,  Tenn. 
‘Overholt,  E.  G.,  84  William  St.,  Hamilton,  Ontario, 
Canada 

“Palethorp,  Thomas,  Greenville,  Mich. 

“Parrot,  Geo.  J.,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

Paschal,  A.  D.,  31654  Broadway,  Paducah,  Ky. 
Paton  Studio,  over  National  Bank,  Fayetteville,  N.  C. 
Peddinghaus,  E.  B.,  Birmingham,  Ala. 

Pelton,  H.  W.,  Asheville,  N.  C. 

Perrey,  Ed.  F.,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

Peterson,  R.  F.,  Spartanburg,  S.  C. 

‘Phillips,  Lewis  D.,  3 4 54  Whitehall,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
“Phillips,  Ryland  W„  1507  Walnut  St.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

“Plecker,  A.  H.,  202  9th  St.,  Lynchburg,  Va. 
“Pohle,  Frederick,  9 W.  Chippewa  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
‘Pontius,  Sid.  M.,  208  W.  Center  St.,  Marion,  Ohio 
Pope,  C'.  E.,  Taylorville,  111. 

Porter,  B.  G.,  Eustis,  Fla. 

“Porter,  James  W.,  213  N.  Phelps  St.,  Youngstown, 
Ohio 

“Post,  F.  E„  1132  15th  St.,  Denver,  Colo. 


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Potter,  Mrs.  Lena,  Scott  City,  Kans. 

Powell,  Miss  Cenie,  Philadelphia,  Miss. 

Powell,  L.  T.,  San  Antonio,  Texas 
•Price,  Sara  F.  T.,  7430  Sprague  St.,  Mt.  Airy, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Pumroy,  A.  Bellamy,  Corning,  Iowa 
Raba,  E.,  203  Alamo  Plaza,  San  Antonio,  Texas 
Rader,  Wm.  O.  J.,  Rembrant  Studio,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 
Rarick,  Mrs.  M.  E.,  155  Ellison  St.,  Paterson,  N.  J. 
*Rau,  William  H.,  238  S.  Camac  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
**Reece,  Miss  Jane,  Callahan  Bank  Bldg.,  Dayton,  O. 
Reese,  B.  F.,  220  W.  Main  St.,  Morristown,  Tenn. 
Reeves,  J.  H.,  Jasper,  Ala. 

Reeves  Studio,  Macon,  Ga. 

Reeves,  W.  R.,  91 H Whitehall,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
**Reinecke,  Miss  E.  B.,  1029  Oak  St.,  Kansas  City, 
Mo. 

^Reiser,  Jno.  G.,  2744  La  Grange  St.,  Toledo,  Ohio 
Relf,  Richard,  809  Canal,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Reppe,  E.  O.,  117  W.  Bay  St.,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 
Resler,  R.  E.,  West  Palm  Beach,  Fla. 

**Rentschler,  J.  F.,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. 

Rhodes,  B.  N.,  126  Marquette  St.,  La  Salle,  111. 
Rice,  T.  J.,  Oberlin,  Ohio 
Ricks,  W.  L.,  Valdosta,  Ga. 

**Riley,  A.  E.,  Coshocton,  Ohio 
Ringer,  Arthur,  Paola,  Kans. 

Robb,  Chas.,  Robb  & Co.,  Jackson,  Miss. 

Robinson,  Chas.  D.,  Tuskegee  East,  Ala. 

Robinson,  C.  P.,  Orlando,  Fla. 

*Rogalinski,  P.  F.,  315  S.  Walnut  St.,  South  Bend, 
Ind. 

*Rossie,  E.  C.,  Regina,  Saskatchewan,  Canada 
Rounds,  W.  R.,  Woodstock,  Ontario,  Canada 
^Rudolph,  H.  W.,  509  Commercial  St.,  Atchison, 
Kans. 

*'*Runkle,  T.  Will,  116  N.  10th  St.,  Cedar  Rapids, 
Iowa 

S.  A.  Russell,  Anniston,  Ala. 

Salter,  Leroy  A.,  Newberry,  S.  C. 

Salter,  T.  E.,  Newberry,  S.  C. 

Scarbrough,  Mrs.  A.,  212  W.  Cherry  St.,  Nevada, 
Mo. 

**Schanz,  F.,  Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 

*Schattschneider,  E.  G.,  Zion  City,  111. 

**Scheide,  C.  W.,  Elyria,  Ohio 

Schlechten,  Albert,  Bozeman,  Mont. 

**Schlessinger,  M.,  609  Braddock  Ave.,  Braddock,  Pa. 
Schlotzhauer,  Carl,  163  N.  Oueen  St.,  Lancaster,  Pa. 
Schriever,  Jas.  B.,  Scranton,  Pa. 

Schub,  Mrs.  Alice,  Sandersville,  Ga. 

*Schultz,  A.  F.,  468  11th  Ave.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Schwartz,  Ira  D.,  8724  Bay  15th  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Scott,  J.  W.,  205  W.  Fayette  St.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
**Seavy,  E.  E.,  New  Castle,  Pa. 

Sherman,  E.  C.,  404J4  S.  Main  St.,  Middletown, 
Ohio 

* Shrader,  Joseph,  120  Main  St.,  Little  Rock,  Ark. 
Shubart,  C.  A.,  Princeton,  Ind. 

Siday,  Geo.,  Sylvania,  Ga. 

Sigler,  R.  Harold,  617  Overland  Bldg.,  Boise,  Idaho 
Silverstein,  S.,  43  E.  Broughton,  Savannah,  Ga. 
**Slear,  J.  C.,  Miffiinburg,  Pa. 


**Smith,  C.  E.,  1613  Orrington  Ave.,  Evanston,  111. 
Smith,  G.  D.,  Oak  Harbor,  Ohio 
Smith,  J.  A.,  Easley,  S.  C. 

Smith,  N.  P.,  Elgin,  Tex. 

Smith,  P.  C.,  Alabama  City,  Ala. 

**Snow,  Jno.  R.,  Mankato,  Minn. 

Snow,  Lewis  R.,  Room  730,  City  Hall,  Philadelphia 
** Somers,  F.  M.,  304  W.  4th  St.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 
South,  H.  W.,  Bainbridge,  Ga. 

Southworth,  Thos.,  Union  City,  Tenn. 

Spahr,  J.  Lester,  Wilmington,  Ohio 
Spieth,  Otto,  Jacksonville,  111. 

**Standiford,  Mrs.  Ethel  C.,  621  S.  4th  St.,  Louisville, 
Ky. 

Stanfield,  J.  M.,  Cleveland,  Tenn. 

Stanley,  Katherine,  317  Main  St.,  Springfield,  Mass. 
Stanton,  C.  Ray,  Westerville,  Ohio 
Stead,  Hubert,  720  E.  Main  St.,  Richmond,  Va. 
*Stebbins,  A.  B.,  Canisteo,  N.  Y. 

""Stein,  N.  L.,  452  Mitchell  St.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

Stephenson,  W.  M.,  30  x/z  Whitehall  St.,  Atlanta,  Ga., 
*'*Stokes,  Will  H.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Stoner,  M.  R.,  726  Market  St.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 
’'"Strauss,  Julius  C.,  Franklin,  near  Grand,  St.  Louis, 
Mo. 

**Strickrott,  John  F.,  Topeka,  Kans. 

Stuart,  E.  O.,  Quincy,  Fla. 

*Studebaker,  L.  J.,  91 1 Grand  Ave.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
Stump,  K.  A.,  65  Rundle  St.,  Adelaide,  S.  Australia 
Sullivan,  F.  D.,  Kendallville,  Ind. 

*Surdam,  Mrs.  Sherman  E.,  Westminster  Hotel,  To- 
ronto, Ontario,  Canada 

Swilley,  D.  A.,  78  S.  Main  St.,  Memphis,  Tenn. 
Taliaferro,  Pearl,  Port  Gibson,  Miss. 

Taylor,  M.  E.,  Middletown,  N.  Y. 

Tevis,  E.  F.,  407  Market  St.,  Wilmington,  Del. 

* "Thompson,  D.  P.,  1118  Walnut  St.,  Kansas  City, 
Mo. 

Thompson,  Jas.  E.,  Knoxville,  Tenn. 

Thuss,  A.  J.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 
xThuss,  W.  G.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

**Tingley,  Geo.  E.,  Mystic,  Conn. 

Tipton,  J.  A.,  Helena,  Ark. 

Titus,  A.  O.,  210  Grant  St.,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Tomlinson,  Jas.  G.,  209  E.  State  St.,  Trenton,  N.  J. 
Tommins,  Geo.  R.,  Augusta,  Ga. 

**Towles,  Will  H.,  1520  Connecticut  Ave.,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C. 

Towne,  C.  C.,  The  Dalles,  Ore. 

^"Townsend,  Alva  C.,  226  S.  11th  St.,  Lincoln,  Neb. 

Tressler,  H.  P.,  14  Dexter  Ave.,  Montgomery,  Ala. 
**Triplett,  Will.  A.,  Bluffton,  Ohio 
Turano,  M.  J.,  Bradford,.  Pa. 

Tuthill,  J.  H.,  42  North  St.,  Middletown,  N.  Y. 
*"Tyree,  Manly  W.,  Raleigh,  N.  C. 

Van  Gorder,  A.  D.,  Milledgeville,  Ga. 

**Van  Fleet,  Mrs.  Margaret,  220  E.  Grand  Blvd.,  De- 
troit, Mich. 

Van  de  Sande,  Josephine  E.,  New  Smyrna,  Fla. 
*Van  Vranken,  J.  I.,  Winona,  Minn. 

Veatch,  W.  L.,  312  Main  St.,  Cedar  Falls,  Iowa 
Vessels,  C.  W.,  Apalachicola,  Fla. 

**Voiland,  H.  E.,  513  4th  St.,  Sioux  City,  Iowa 


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Wachter,  J.  T.,  428  Spring  St.,  West  Hoboken,  N.  J. 
Wagner,  L.  J.,  Cullman,  Ala. 

“Walden,  W.  Neal,  Evansville,  Ind. 

Wallace,  Harry,  Anderson,  S.  C. 

Walton,  H.  C.,  204  Terminal  Arcade,  Oklahoma 
City,  Okla. 

Warlick,  D.  A„  Macon,  Ga. 

Watts,  G.  N„  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 

Webb,  Chas.  D.,  McAlester,  Okla. 

‘Weier,  Mary  M.,  Colfax,  Wis. 

Westberger,  L.  E.,  2330  W.  3d  St.,  Duluth,  Minn. 
Weston,  E.  H.,  Tropico,  Cal. 

Wheeler,  W.  M.,  Jr.,  Greenville,  S.  C. 

White,  N.  C.,  40  S.  Main  St.,  Gainesville,  Ga. 
Whitney,  Aubrey,  Fayette,  Ala. 

Willakowshi,  E.  W.,  St.  Petersburg,  Fla. 

Willard,  S.  H.,  Corona,  Cal. 

‘Williams,  R.  Morris,  206  Main  St.,  Evansville,  Ind. 


‘Williamson,  Mary,  15  N.  Ashland  Ave.,  La  Grange, 

111. 

‘Wills,  II.  B„  Seattle,  Wash. 

Wilson,  M.  H.,  416  N.  21st  St.,  Birmingham,  Ala. 
“Wint,  R.  W.,  Allentown,  Pa. 

Wisner,  Miss  Anna,  Oxford,  Ohio 
“Wolbach,  T.  D.,  Wadsworth,  Ohio 
Wolf,  H.  L.,  Manhattan,  Kans. 

‘Wolfe,  Max,  112  N.  5th  St.,  Manhattan,  Kans. 
Wood,  Alice  M.,  Miami,  Fla. 

Woodward,  G.  T.,  32yi  W.  Forsythe  St.,  Jackson- 
ville, Fla. 

Wootten,  Mrs.  Bayard,  New  Bern,  N.  C. 

Wortman,  F.  P.,  Albany,  Ga. 

Yeager,  J.  E„  Monte  Vallo,  Ala. 

‘Zener,  Ethel,  520  Minnesota  Ave.,  Kansas  City, 
Kans. 

“Zweifel,  J.  R.,  20  Phoenix  Block,  Duluth,  Minn. 


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Associate  Members 


""Abel,  Juan  C.,  917  Schofield  Bldg.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
"Ackerman,  Carl  E„  42  E.  23d  St„  New  York  City 
Adam,  H.,  Portrero  Ave.  and  Mariposa  St.,  San 
Francisco,  Cal.,  care  Cal.  Card  Mfg.  Co. 
Adams,  W.  I.  Lincoln,  135  W.  14th  St.,  New  York 
City 

Allan,  Miss,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Allison,  J.  W.,  235  5th  Ave.,  New  York  City 
""Ames,  C.  F.,  Eastman  Kodak  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Anderson,  Chas.  H.,  351  N.  Water  St.,  Decatur,  111. 
Anderson,  W.  C.,  Denver,  Colo. 

"Anthony,  C.  H.,  Ansco  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 
Archey,  R.  Bruce,  104  Stadium  Place,  Syracuse, 
N.  Y. 

Arnold,  Mrs.  G.  M.,  2322  E.  95th  St.,  Cleveland, 
Ohio 

Arnett,  L.  C.,  16414  Clayton  St.,  Athens,  Ga. 
""Barbeau,  R.  W„  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Barnum,  G.  H.,  Springgrove  Ave.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 
"Barrows,  G.  L„  213  and  215  Water  St.,  New  York 
City 

Bartz,  W.  A.,  Youngstown,  Ohio 
""Bausch,  Edward,  care  Bausch  & Lomb,  Rochester. 
N.  Y. 

"Beattie,  J.  W.,  care  Cramer  Dry  Plate  Co.,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

Beatty,  Chas.  T.,  care  Knaffl  & Brakebill,  Knoxville, 
Tenn. 

Bell,  G.  C.,  Evansville,  Ind. 

Bernhardt,  Mrs.  H.,  Spartanburg,  S.  C. 

Betts,  Farron  S.,  200  5th  Ave.,  New  York  City 
Blacher,  Miss  Jessie,  care  Mr.  Kuhns,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Bodine,  H.  O.,  care  Raw  Film  Supply  Co.,  15  E. 

26th  St.,  New  York  City 
Boggs,  G.  H.,  5814  Whitehall,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Bolen,  E.  S.,  Johnson  City,  Tenn. 

Boynton,  Miss  Clyde,  care  Kelley  Studio,  Griffin, 
Ga. 

Brackett,  R.  P.,  care  Cramer  Dry  Plate  Co.,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

Briefer,  M.,  Ansco  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 
"Browne,  W.  B.,  care  J.  B.  Hostetler,  Davenport, 
Iowa 

Brooks,  A.  M.,  care  Ansco  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 
Buck,  A.  W.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Burgetts,  W.  C.,  Tampa  Photo  Supply  Co.,  Tampa, 
Fla. 

Burke,  E.  J.,  45  W.  Bay  St.,  Jacksonville,  Fla, 
Burkhardt,  Clay,  Box  172  S.  Side  Station,  Spring- 
field,  Mo. 

"Burley,  C.  W.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Burnhardt,  L.  A.,  care  Alfa  Lomax,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Caldwell,  T.  G.,  care  Rough  & Caldwell,  New  York 
City 

""Cameron,  J.  A.,  care  Taprell,  Loomis  & Co.,  Chi- 
cago, 111. 


Carrick,  Stuart,  812  Chestnut  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

""Chambers,  Frank  V.,  210-212  N.  13th  St.,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Cheatham,  R.  S.,  5814  Whitehall,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Clark,  Miss  Fletcher,  care  Woodward  Studio,  Jack- 
sonville, Fla. 

Clark,  Jos.  Robt.,  Rome,  Ga. 

Clifton,  G.  F.,  501  5th  Ave.,  New  York  City 

Closson,  Chas.  B.,  Woodstock,  III. 

"Clute,  Fayette  J.,  Call  Bldg.,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Coleman,  Mrs.  Herbert,  Montgomery,  Ala. 

""Collins,  Henry  H.,  care  A.  M.  Collins  Mfg.  Co., 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Collins,  Henry  H.,  Jr.,  226-240  Columbia  Ave., 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Connor,  Mary,  care  Mrs.  Ethel  Standiford,  Louis- 
ville, Ky. 

Copley,  B.  C.,  Lansdale,  P'a. 

Cook,  D.  J.,  Effingham  School,  Effingham,  111. 

Cooper,  Edwin  H.,  Central  D.  P.  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Cornell,  S.  B.,  care  Canadian  Kodak  Co.,  Toronto, 
Ontario,  Can. 

"Corning,  Nate  A.,  436  Monroe  Ave.,  Kansas  City, 
Mo. 

Cowley,  Rox,  Glenn  Photo  Supply  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Craig,  E.  Mae,  252  Frank  St.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Cubley,  Guy,  Ansco  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

Dalton,  Mrs.  H.  A.,  Montrie,  Ga. 

Dawes,  J.  A.,  Wollensak  Opt.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

De  Groat,  J.,  care  E.  H.  Cone,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

De  Mulder,  Chas.,  Greenville,  S.  C. 

de  Ories,  S.  G.,  care  Boyler  Studio,  Mobile,  Ala. 

"Di  Nunzio,  Joe,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

""Dorella,  Joe  P.,  care  Cramer  Dry  Plate  Co.,  Atlanta, 
Ga. 

Dosser,  Ralph  M,,  care  Knaffl  & Brakebill,  Knox- 
ville, Tenn. 

Dotta,  C.  IL,  Ansco  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

Dowling,  North,  care  Helios  Chemical  Co.,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Dry,  Minnie  L.,  care  J.  E.  Alexander,  Salisbury, 
N.  C. 

Dunford,  P.  W.,  care  W.  W.  Foster,  Richmond,  Va. 

Earle,  Chas.  W.,  care  Central  D.  P.  Co.,  St.  Louis, 
Mo. 

Easterling,  H.  A.,  28  54  Whitehall,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

""Eisleben,  Louis,  care  Hyatts,  417  N.  Broadway,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

Elsinger,  Harrold,  care  Van  Gorder,  Milledgeville, 
Ga. 

Elwell,  F.  B.,  care  Sprague-Hathaway  Co.,  Boston, 
Mass. 

Emminger,  Frank,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

"Eppert,  G.  M.,  Hammer  Dry  Plate  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Erickson,  Julius,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Escobar,  A.  C.,  1438J4  Main  St.,  Columbia,  S.  C. 


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Etchison,  W.  P.,  care  Ansco  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 
Eutsler,  Chas.  W.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Evanoff,  J.  H.  C.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y 
Evans,  R.  T.,  Clifton,  Ariz. 

♦♦Favour,  Paul,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

♦Fell,  Harry  M.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Fenn,  B.  S.,  Courtnay,  British  Columbia,  Canada 
Fenner,  J.  T.,  care  A.  M.  Collins  Mfg.  Co.,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Ferrell,  C.  A.,  Winston-Salem,  N.  C. 

Field,  L.  D.,  care  Ansco  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 
Fincke,  Harry,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Finn,  W.  J.,  care  Perkins  Studio,  Honolulu,  T.  H. 
♦Fitch,  Ross  E.,  Chicago,  111. 

Fitzpatrick,  J.  T.,  care  Tenn.  Coal,  Iron  & Ry.  Co., 
Birmingham,  Ala. 

Fleischbein,  Miss  Myrtle,  Atchison,  Kans. 

♦*Folmer,  W.  F.,  Century  Camera  Div.,  E.  K.  Co., 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

♦♦Fowler,  H.  M.,  806-812  Huron  Rd.,  Cleveland,  Ohio 
♦Fraprie,  Frank  R.,  Columbus  Ave.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Fraze,  Glenn  B.,  Flushing,  Mich. 

Freeman,  Mrs.  G.  P.,  Bartow,  Fla. 

Freeman,  Miss  M.  A.,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Freeman,  W.  N.,  care  Defender  P.  S.  Co.,  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 

♦French,  Wilfred  A.,  383  Boylston  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Gatchel,  F.  E.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

♦Gennert,  G.,  24  E.  13th  St.,  New  York  City 
Gibson,  J.  E.,  543  ^ 3d  St.,  San  Bernardino,  Cal. 
Gillbee,  M.  A.  T.,  care  A.  M.  Collins  Mfg.  Co., 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Glover,  Harry  M.  R.,  Gundlach-Manhattan  Optical 
Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Goodhart,  E.  II.,  Southern  Photo  Material  Co.,  At- 
lanta, Ga. 

♦Gorton,  H.  C.,  care  Wollensak  Optical  Co.,  Roches- 
ter, N.  Y. 

♦♦Govan,  Minott  M.,  4 W.  29th  St.,  New  York  City 
Graves,  R.  J.,  Sussman  Photo  Stock  Co.,  Baltimore, 
Md. 

Greene,  II.  S.,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Greer,  L.  C.,  Birmingham,  2716  Pine  Ave.,  Ala. 
Griesedeck,  W.  A.,  Central  D.  P.  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Griffith,  S.  S.,  318  N.  20th  St.,  Birmingham,  Ala. 
Grove,  H.  B.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Hadaway,  Thomas  W.,  care  Allison  & Hadaway,  235 
5th  Ave.,  New  York  City 
Hage,  J.  W.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Hall,  W.  E.,  care  Orr,  Greenville,  S.  C. 

Halldorson,  T.  E.,  9 S.  Clinton  St.,  Chicago,  111. 
Hamilton,  J.  A.,  care  Reeves  Studio,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Hammer,  Henry,  Hammer  Dry  Plate  Co.,  St.  Louis, 
Mo. 

♦“Hammer,  L.  F.,  Hammer  D.  P.  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Hammer,  O.  W.,  Hammer  Dry  Plate  Co.,  St.  Louis, 
Mo. 

Hansbrough,  C.  A.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Hansen,  Victor,  care  Glenn  P.  S.  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Hapke,  Henry,  Boston  Block,  Room  122,  Denver, 
Colo. 

Harding,  J.  P.,  care  Bert  P.  Corvell,  Birmingham, 
Ala. 


Ilarriman,  J.  H.,  care  A.  M.  Collins  Mfg.  Co., 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Harris,  Miss  Rose,  Roanoke,  Va. 

Harris,  W.  L.,  care  Taprell,  Loomis  & Co.,  Chicago 
Heffner,  R.  B.,  Sweet,  Wallach  & Co.,  Chicago,  111. 
Hein,  Max,  35  E.  13th  St.,  New  York  City 
Henke,  A.,  Cresham,  Wis. 

Henry,  J.  J.,  Streator,  111. 

Ilenshaw,  L.  M.,  Michigan  Photo  Shutter  Co.,  Kala- 
mazoo, Mich. 

Herschel,  R.  D.,  Birmingham,  Ala. 

Hirschfeld,  G.,  Carl  Ernst  & Co.,  154  E.  23d  St., 
New  York  City 

Hodges,  Frederick  A.,  Rome,  N.  Y. 

**Tloefle,  H.  F.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Holland,  C.  Arthur,  P.  O.  Box  304,  Washington,  111. 
♦♦Hollowood,  F.,  75  E.  State  St.,  Columbus,  Ohio 
Holt,  A.  A.,  care  Seneca  Camera  Mfg.  Co., 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Honiker,  A.  R.,  SlA  N.  Forsythe,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Hopkins,  Geo.  L.  203  S.  Spring  St.,  Greensboro, 
N.  C. 

*Hord,  Spencer  B.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Howard,  Jessie,  Asheville,  N.  C. 

Howland,  E.  A.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Huntley,  Miss  Loree,  Mason  City,  Iowa 
Huske,  G.  L.,  610  14th  St.,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Hutcheson,  Keefe,  care  Knaffl  & Brakebill,  Knox- 
ville, Tenn. 

Hutchinson,  C.  S.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Isaacs,  Clarence  C.,  Eau  Claire,  Wis. 

Johnson,  M.  A.,  Memphis  Photo  Supply  Co.,  Mem- 
phis, Tenn. 

Johnson,  Miss,  815^2  Market  St.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn. 
Johnson,  Theo.,  Sweet,  Wallach  & Co.,  Chicago,  111. 
♦♦Jones,  L.  B.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
Jungerman,  Miss  Kate,  Columbus,  Ga. 

Kerst,  W.  W.,  care  F.  J.  Curry,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
♦♦Kirschner,  C.  IL,  Carl  Ernst  Co.,  New  York  City 
♦♦Kixmoeller,  H.  W.,  care  O.  H.  Peck  Co.,  Minne- 
apolis, Minn. 

Kuhns,  J.  H.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Kuhs,  Carl  A.,  33Vz  Whitehall  St.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
♦Laver,  E.  A.,  Ernst  Oeser  & Co.,  New  York  City 
Lake,  Miss  Edith  M.,  care  Misses  Mead,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Lane,  F.  E.,  Wollensak  Opt.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
♦♦Lamoutte,  A.  C.,  Ansco  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

Lawrence,  A.  M.,  care  Gardner,  De  Land,  Fla. 
♦♦Lawrence,  Chas.,  149  N.  Lawrence  Ave.,  Wichita, 
Kans. 

Leache,  Frank  M.,  Ansco  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 
Leonard,  Wm.  A.,  care  Ernst  Oeser  & Co.,  New 
York  City 

Lewis,  M.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

♦♦Lieber,  Robert,  24  Washington  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
Lips,  Herman,  55  John  St.,  New  York  City 
♦Loeb,  S.  S.,  Presto  Mfg.  Co.,  5907  Baum  St.,  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. 

♦♦Lomb,  A.,  care  Bausch  & Lomb  Optical  Co.,  Roches- 
ter, N.  Y. 

Long,  L.  F.,  care  Wheeler  & Son,  Greenville,  S.  C. 
Luckiesh,  Frank  W.,  Glenn  Photo  Stock  Co.,  At- 
lanta, Ga. 


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Lugar,  R.  A.,  167  E.  154th  St..  Harvey,  111. 

Lutz,  Elsie,  McMinnville,  Tenn. 

Lutz,  Iva,  care  Lively,  McMinnville,  Tenn. 

Lynn,  S.  G.,  care  June  Carr,  Gaffney,  S.  C. 

Lyon,  Mrs.  P.  H.,  Danville,  Va. 

McCall,  Mrs.,  care  Harris  & Ewing,  Washington, 
D.  C. 

McCutcheon,  Jno.  J.,  care  Thuss,  217  Fifth  Ave., 
Nashville,  Tenn. 

^McDowell,  J.  W.,  Am.  Paper  Goods  Co.,  Kensing- 
ton, Conn. 

McFessell,  R.  W.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 
**Mackness,  G.  W.,  care  Burke  & James,  Chicago,  111. 
Markley,  W.  J.,  Willis  & Clements,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Melody,  Jos.  T.,  4 Adams  Ave.  W.,  Detroit,  Mich. 
Mendel,  Louis,  1321  Franklin  Ave.,  l^ew  York  City 
Milentz,  A.  L.,  care  G.  Cramer  Dry  Plate  Co.,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

Miller,  M.  F.,  182  Meeting  St.,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Moose,  Roy,  Greensboro,  S.  C. 

**Mullett,  R.  B.,  920-922  Grand  Ave.,  Kansas  City, 
Mo. 

*Mundy,  Frank  D.,  7 Lainberton  Park,  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 

Murdock,  J.  A.,  58^  Whitehall,  Atlanta,  Ga. 
Murphy,  Geo.,  57  E.  9th  St.,  New  York  City 
Mussen,  W.  B.,  Ansco  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

Neff,  Chas.  C.,  Altoona,  Pa. 

Niles,  II.  E.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Nilner,  Miss  A.  P.,  care  Tresslar  Studio,  Mont- 
gomery, Ala. 

**Noble,  Frank  S.,  Eastman  Kodak  Co.,  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 

Norwood,  A.  A.,  Eutsler  Studio,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 
Osesek,  S.  F.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

*Palmer,  J.  G.,  care  Canadian  Kodak  Co.,  Toronto, 
Canada. 

Panfield,  J.  D.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

*Paul,  A.  H.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Paulger,  Stanley,  care  Tresslar  Studio,  Montgomery, 
Ala. 

Pepper,  W.  M.,  care  Canadian  Kodak  Co.,  Toronto, 
Ontario,  Canada 
Percy,  Albert,  Ft.  Meyers,  Fla. 

Peterson,  Anna  Laurie,  Spartanburg,  S.  C. 

*Pilon,  F.  H.,  care  Albany  Card  & Paper  Co.,  N.  Y. 
Pittman,  Ed  F.,  1300  Elm  St.,  Dallas,  Texas 
Plaisance,  F.  L.,  care  Moses,  New  Orleans,  La. 
Potter,  C.  F.,  Jr.,  Morris  Park,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 

Potter,  R.  A.,  care  111  E.  2d  St.,  Sedalia,  Mo. 
**Prince,  L.  M.,  108  W.  4th  St.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 
Ray,  J.  V.,  38  Bowery,  New  York  City 
* Reckling,  Cliff,  Hammer  Dry  Plate  Co.,  St.  Louis, 
Mo. 

*Reeder,  O.  B.,  1010  Grand  Ave.,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 
*Reimers,  Henry,  3d  and  Cedar  Sts.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Reiner,  C.  II.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Rice,  A.  D.,  care  Camp  Art  Co.,  Jamestown,  N.  Y. 
Ricks,  Miss  Ethel,  Valdosta,  Ga. 

‘^Robinson,  C.  B.,  234  Huron  St.,  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich. 

Rockwood,  W.  A.,  Ansco  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 
Rose,  Leon  G.,  1741  G St.  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


Ruffner,  C.  II.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Russell,  Miss  Roberta,  Ensley,  Ala. 

*Salzgeber,  Richard,  Hammer  Dry  Plate  Co.,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

Sattawhite,  F.  II.,  care  Glenn  Photo  Stock  Co.,  At- 
lanta, Ga. 

**Savage,  C.  IL,  care  Francis  Hendricks  Co.,  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y. 

Sclianz,  Paul  W.,  Gundlach  Manhattan  Opt.  Co., 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Schenck,  F.  D.  P.,  care  A.  M.  Collins  Mfg.  Co., 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Schweitzer,  J.,  Schering  & Glatz,  New  York  City 

Schlegel,  V.  A.,  318  N.  20th  St.,  Birmingham,  Ala. 

*Schmid,  F.,  C.  P.  Goerz,  Am.  Optical  Co.,  N.  Y. 

* Schultz,  J.  C.,  Taprell,  Loomis  & Co.,  Chicago,  111. 

Sevier,  Jno.  F.,  care  Elkin  Drug  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

*Seyler,  Fred,  Taprell,  Loomis  & Co.,  Chicago,  111. 

Shafer,  Clint,  Hammer  Dry  Plate  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

*Sharp,  Geo.  II.,  Quaker  City  Card  Co.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

Sheets,  W.  IL,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Shelton,  J.  A.,  Murfreesboro,  Tenn. 

Slioberg,  D.  C.,  Sioux  City,  Iowa 

**Sievers,  II.  C.,  Sweet,  Wallach  & Co.,  Chicago,  111. 

Simons,  E.  Colborn,  800  Center  Ave.,  Bay  City, 
Mich. 

Sims,  Miss  Pearl,  care  McChaney,  Paragould,  Ark. 

Smith,  A.  A.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Smith,  Al,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Smith,  C.  H.  care  Forbes  Dry  Plate  Co.,  Rochester, 
N.  Y. 

**Smith,  Jas.  H.,  725  E.  35th  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Smith,  W.  C.,  care  C.  P.  Goerz  Am.  Op.  Co.,  N.  Y. 

Snow,  C.  E.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N Y 

Spies,  C.  C.,  Carl  Ernst  Co.,  New  York  City 

Steffins,  A.  F.,  care  Reflex  Camera  Co.,  Newark, 
N.  J. 

^Stephens,  T.  W.,  Ansco  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

Stephenson,  S.  J.,  Southern  Photo  Material  Co.,  At- 
lanta, Ga. 

Stokes,  Herbert  G.,  1909  N.  63d  St.,  Philadelphia, 
Pa. 

Stone,  J.  W.,  care  E.  H.  Cone,  Inc.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

**Strong,  Harry  U.,  Taprell,  Loomis  & Co.,  Chicago, 

111. 

Sullivan,  Edw.,  E.  K.  Co.,  125  Baronne,  New  Or- 
leans, La. 

*Swingley,  C.  L.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

**Taprell,  W.  A.,  Taprell,  Loomis  & Co.,  Chicago,  111. 

Taylor,  Ada  B.,  care  G.  E.  Richer,  Fitzgerald,  Ga. 

Taylor,  Anna  E.,  care  Lively,  McMinnville,  Tenn. 

*Taylor,  C.  W.,  Hammer  D.  P.  Co.,  6130  Prairie 
Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

*Taylor,  E.  A.,  care  Bausch  & Lomb  Optical  Co., 
Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Terreson,  A.  T.,  Birmingham,  Ala. 

Thrower,  Miss  L.,  Clarksville,  Tenn. 

Tompkins,  E.  D.,  care  Southern  Photo  Co.,  Atlanta, 
Ga. 

**Topliff,  Geo.  W.,  Ansco  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

*Towles,  C.  O.,  Hammer  Dry  Plate  Co.,  St.  Louis, 
Mo. 


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•Tozier,  H.  H.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Trout,  C.  W.,  Glenn  P.  S.  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Troyford,  Loren  C.,  care  Mrs.  Oscar  Drum, 
Bartlesville,  Okla. 

True,  Paul  E.,  care  Ansco  Co.,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. 

Tucker,  R.  M.,  care  Allen  Studio,  Winder,  Ga. 

*Twitt,  A.  A.,  4359  W.  Belle  Place,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Tyus,  Lulu,  care  Stephenson  Studio,  Birmingham, 
Ala. 

Van  Allen,  C.  J.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Van  Gilder,  Edgar,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Van  Horn,  G.  B.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio 

Van  Ness,  James  H.,  Jr.,  Charlotte,  N.  C. 

Voetter,  A.,  care  Schering  & Glatz,  New  York  City 

Von  der  Heiden,  C.  R.,  care  Hitchler  Studio,  New 
Orleans,  La. 

Wagner,  Jno.,  Cullman,  Ala. 

**Waite,  F.  B.,  Am.  Dry  Plate  Co.,  Worcester,  Mass. 

Wallace,  C.  E.,  Sprague-Hathaway  Co.,  West  Som- 
erville, Mass. 

Wambsgauss,  Jacques,  care  Bert  Corell,  Birming- 
ham, Ala. 

Watkins,  Thomas  Coke,  122  E.  25th  St.,  New  York 
City 

Webster,  J.  T.,  care  J.  R.  Holmes,  Louisville,  Miss. 


Webster,  W.  P„  care  McCreary  Studio,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Werber,  C.  A.,  Elkin  Drug  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

West,  J.  E.,  care  Woodward,  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Wettig,  Geo.,  care  Stephenson  Studio,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

* Whipple,  F.  M.,  care  Central  D.  P.  Co.,  St.  Louis, 
Mo. 

White,  H.  C.,  North  Bennington,  Vt. 

Whiteman,  Sidney  W.,  Ansco  Co.,  Binghamton, 
N.  Y. 

Wiegner,  H.  J.,  1705  N.  29th  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wilcox,  J.  H.,  1246  Pacific  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Wills,  H.  B.,  E.  K.  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

Wing,  H.  H.,  Elkin  Drug  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga. 

Wolff,  William,  Wolff  & Dolan,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

*Wollensak,  Andrew,  Wollensak  Optical  Co.,  Roches- 
ter, N.  Y. 

Wolter,  Frank  C.,  30  E.  Randolph,  Chicago,  111. 

Wright,  E.  D.,  care  Cramer  Dry  Plate  Co.,  St. 
Louis,  Mo. 

Wunderlich,  Albert,  care  John  Haworth  Co.,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa. 

Yeager,  Mrs.  J.  E.,  Monte  Vallo,  Ala. 

Zehnle,  W.  J.,  care  W.  D.  Gatchel  & Son,  Louis- 
ville, Ky. 


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1,  with  Rectigraphic  instead  of 

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45.00 

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51.00 

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